Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)

Name: Tres Leches (3 Milk Cake)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 cake, 16 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 eggs; 1 1/4 cups sugar; 1 1/2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 14 ounces condensed milk; 14 ounces evaporated milk; 2 cups whipped cream; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

Submitted by alimel_01

"This is anoher recipe that came from my time in Costa Rica. My cousin's husband is from C.R. and when we went to visit them, his mother made this Tre Leches cake for us. It was amazing!!! I got the recipe from her to pass along to everyone else. You have to make this!! It is so good!"

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 8
Yields:: 1 cake
Serves:: 16

ingredients

6 eggs
1 ¹⁄₄ cups sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
14 ounces condensed milk
14 ounces evaporated milk
2 cups whipped cream
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder

directions

Preheat oven to 350.
Separate the eggs.
Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and then add the 3 egg yokes 1 at a time.
Add the sugarr, baking powder, and flour.
Bake in a greased 13x9 pan at 350 for 15 minutes.
Let the cake cool completely in the pan.
When cool, poke holes in the cake with a fork all over.
In a blender, lightly mix condensed milk, evaporated milk, and 1 cup of the whipped cream.
Pour over cake & then top with the other cup of whipped cream.