Tres Leches Cake
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 30
- Servings: 8-10
- Preparation Time: 60
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups milk
- 1 - 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 – 12 can evaporated milk
- 1 ½ cups cake flour
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 eggs
- 1 pinch salt
- For the frosting
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
- Mix the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
- Beat the eggs and add milk.
- Mix in the dry ingredients a little at a time.
- Pour into a greased 13 x 9 inch cake pan.
- Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.
- After cake is completely cooled, run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the cake, but do not remove it from the pan.
- Leave the cake uncovered for 24 hours prior to soaking.
- Mix together the milk, sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk.
- Pour over the cake, which should still be in the pan.
- Chill the cake in the refrigerator, for a minimum of four hours.
- Whip together the cream, sugar and vanilla.
- When the cake is finished soaking, invert it on a plate and frost the sides and top with the whipped cream.


