Tres Leches Cake
Why I Love This Recipe
Ingredients You'll Need
1 white cake mix
3/4 cup butter, softened
6 eggs
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons lime peel, finely shredded
1 recipe Tres Leches Sauce
3 cups fresh strawberries, chopped
1 cup whipping cream
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
TRES LECHES SAUCE
12 ounces evaporated milk
2 14 ounce sweetened condensed milk
2 cups whipping cream
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10" springform pan; set aside. In a mixing bowl combine cake mix, butter, eggs, and water. Beat on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes (batter will be thick) Stir in lime peel. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake 50 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes (cake may sink during cooling). Loosen cake from sides of pan; remove sides. Lift cake from pan bottom using a wide metal spatula. Cool cake completely on a wire rack (the bottom of the cake should be cold to the touch).
Line an 11" round straight-side Dutch oven with plastic srap, allowing wrap to hang over edges. Using a serrated knife, split cake in half horizontally. Place top half of cake, cut side up, in prepared container. Top with strawberries. Place cake bottom, but side down on strawberries. Press down lightly.
Using a long tined fork or wooden skewer, poke holes in cake layers across the entire surface. Slowly pour 4 cups of the Tres Leches Sauce over cake. Cover cake, chill 8-12 hours or overnight. Cover and chill remaining mixture.
About 1 hour before serving, slowly pour 1 cup of the remaining Tres Leches Sauce over cake. Cover and chill cake and remaining Tres Leches Sauce until serving time.
To serve, in a chilled bowl combine whipping cream, sugar and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Remove cake from refrigerator; uncover. Place a serving platter with a lip, upside down, over the container; carefully invert. Remove plastic wrap. Spread whipped cream mixture over top and sides of cake. Some of the Tres Leches Sauce will seep out of the cake as it stands. Serve immediately with the remaining tres leches sauce on the side. Makes 12-16 servings.
To make Tres Leches Sauce. In a saucepan combine the evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and whipping cream. Cook over medium heat just until boiling, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Transfer to a large bowl. Cover; cool completely. Makes about 7 1/2 cups.
