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[beach-mom]

My friend's DD married a young man from Mexico who spoke very little English. His parents speak none. She makes her new mother-in-law's recipe for this, and it is AMAZING! The first time I had it I was "in heaven"! I haven't made it yet, but one of these days I will! Until then I'll just eat hers!

[Snicks1]

On 3/2/2015 flbettyboop said:

Premium Tres Leches Cake

Prep Time

15 MIN

Total Time

1 HR 55 MIN

Servings

15

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow cake mix

1 1/4 cups water

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 eggs

1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)

1 cup whole milk or evaporated milk

1 cup whipping cream

1 container Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease and flour or spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan.

In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.

Bake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Let stand 5 minutes. Poke top of hot cake every 1/2 inch with long-tined fork, wiping fork occasionally to reduce sticking.

In large bowl, stir together sweetened condensed milk, whole milk and whipping cream. Carefully pour evenly over top of cake. Cover; refrigerate about 1 hour or until mixture is absorbed into cake. Frost with frosting. Store covered in refrigerator.

I've printed this one off and will be trying it soon. Sounds delicious. Thanks for posting it.

[Poodlepet2]

This is one of my all time favorites....and I picked a bad time to become a Type II Diabetic. Sigh....but back in December-prior to my diagnosis- I found Tres Leche kits made by Nestle. They were in the Hispanic isle at my local Wall Mart, and I can tell you they do include a cake mix. Poodlepet2

[flbettyboop]

You are welcome ladies for the recipe. I copied from Betty Crocker web site. I have not made it, but have seen it advertised many times in restaurants after living in Miami for 17 years and Florida since '71. I do not drink milk and this three milk didn't catch my eye.

Boop

[shoekitty]

Tres Leche cake is traditionally made from a sponge cake.It needs a sturdy cke to tolerate the milk mixtures. Personally I think a regular cake would be too mushy. Alton Brown had a whole show on Tres Leche Cake. I cannot stand it myself. But I am not a milk fan, and would never even drink milk with cake. I have a friend who makes it, and I eatt a small piece to make her happy. Hers is made from scratch, and those who love this cake say hers is the best!

[shoekitty]

Here is alton brown's tres leche cake. He insists on cake flour, it has more eggs and butter

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/tres-leche-cake-recipe.html#!

[Desertdi]

There are tres leches cake mixes in the market

[philogirl]

On 3/9/2015 Poodlepet2 said: This is one of my all time favorites....and I picked a bad time to become a Type II Diabetic. Sigh....but back in December-prior to my diagnosis- I found Tres Leche kits made by Nestle. They were in the Hispanic isle at my local Wall Mart, and I can tell you they do include a I will have to try this cake! Pooplepet, I'm sorry about your Type II. I hope it's going well.,

[4Kicks]

On 3/8/2015 RedTop said:

Everytime I see the name of this cake, or hear any reference to a 3 milk cake, I cringe and feel nauseous. One of my former co-workers made this cake and brought it to the office to share with everyone. She went on and on about this wonderful cake, and how she just knew we would love it. In my first days of working in this office, I realized right away that everyone was big on carrying food in for sharing. I discussed in front of everyone my food allergy situation, and that I generally did not eat anyone elses food, as I had found that this was the only true way for me to handle my issues, and stay in check. Everyone seemed sympathetic to my problem, and said they would not be offended when I couldn't eat something they brought in. I kept asking my co-worker questions about her cake; what's the name of it, what does it have in it, etc., and she just kept saying it's cake, you'll love it! I so should've followed my gut instinct of what I saw, and suspected, and declined, but I took one bite, swallowed it and said OMG, this cake has MILK in it! Which is when she finally announced the name of the cake...... It took less than 10 minutes for my intestines to react to that milk, and subsequently, I went home early that day. It took 4 hours for my system to settle down, so milk cake is etched in my mind forever as an absolute no-no. I saved myself so many times with food they brought in that was "safe" for me; a casserole made with cream of mushroom soup, 3 different salads where the dressing was made with milk. I don't trust anyone's cooking but my own.

I have food allergies as well, so I totally sympathize. I cannot believe this coworker didn't even tell you the NAME of the cake, LECHES is MILK in Spanish.

I do not eat anything at potluck meals either, except for what I bring. I have learned. I have very severe allergies to ORANGE and TURKEY. It is amazing what dishes these two things can sneak into, LOL, sort of.

[jaxs mom]

Technically leche is milk singular.