White Tres Leches Cake Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Cinco de Mayo Recipes. (White Tres Leches Cake Recipe). A friend of mine requested a tres leches cake that wasn't soggy but full of flavor that could be decorated. This is what I came up with. Fill cake with vanilla cream mousse filling and top with your favorite buttercream recipe. You can also make a 9x13-inch sheet cake and soak with the tres milks, cut into individual servings, and top with mousse rosettes.

Brief

Prep 30 mins

Cook: 40 mins

Additional: 4hrs

Total: 5hrs10 mins

Servings: 16

Yield: 1 9-inch filled layer cake

White Tres Leches Cake Recipe

Ingredients

cooking spray with flour

1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

5 large eggs

1 cup white sugar

⅔ cup canola oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup milk

2 (5 ounce) cans evaporated milk

1 (10 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

6 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

⅛ teaspoon coconut extract

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix

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Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).

Step 2

Spray 2 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.

Step 3

Mix white cake mix flour eggs sugar canola oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract baking powder and milk in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Pour batter into prepared cake pans.

Step 4

Bake in preheated oven until the cakes are lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean 40 to 50 minutes. Let cakes cool about 10 minutes in pans before removing to finish cooling on racks.

Step 5

Whisk evaporated milk sweetened condensed milk 6 tablespoons cream 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and coconut extract in a bowl until smooth. Refrigerate the tres leches mixture.

Step 6

Beat 2 cups cream with instant vanilla pudding mix in a separate mixing bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form 3 to 5 minutes. Refrigerate mousse filling.

Step 7

With a long serrated knife lightly cut off a thin layer of each cake top to level the cake. Place cakes leveled sides up on pieces of waxed paper. Poke holes all over the cakes with a skewer. Slowly pour the tres leches mixture over the cakes about 1/2 cup at a time waiting until the mixture has soaked in before continuing to pour on more milk mixture. Wrap cake layers in plastic wrap; refrigerate until chilled at least 4 hours.

Step 8

Unwrap a cake layer and place onto a serving platter with leveled side up. Top the cake with mousse filling; gently place second cake layer over the filling with leveled side down. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutritional Information

White Tres Leches Cake Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:16

Calories: 565.2

% Daily Value *

Protein: 8.4g 17%

Carbohydrates: 65.3g 21%

Dietary Fiber: 0.6g 2%

Sugars: 46.7g

Fat: 30.8g 47%

Saturated Fat: 11.8g 59%

Cholesterol: 118.8mg 40%

Vitamin A Iu: 712.4IU 14%

Niacin Equivalents: 3mg 23%

Vitamin B6: 0.1mg 4%

Vitamin C: 1.2mg 2%

Folate: 63.4mcg 16%

Calcium: 225.3mg 23%

Iron: 1.4mg 8%

Magnesium: 21.1mg 8%

Potassium: 239.8mg 7%

Sodium: 413.4mg 17%

Thiamin: 0.2mg 22%

Calories From Fat: 276.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.