white tres leches cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• cooking spray with flour
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2/3 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
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon coconut extract
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 5 hrs 10 mins


• preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• spray 2 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• unwrap a cake layer and place 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.