Coconut Tres Leches Cake

4 h 40 min

Coconut Tres Leches Cake

An easy recipe for Mexican "three milks" cake made with a butter cake mix soaked in a mixture of cream of coconut, sweetened condensed milk and whole milk topped with coconut.

4 h 40 min12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 Golden Butter (or Butter Golden) cake mix
  • Eggs, butter and water to make the cake
  • 1 15-oz can Cream of Coconut
  • 1 14-oz can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 8-oz. carton cool whip, thawed
  • 2-3 cups sweetened flaked coconut

Instructions

  1. 1

    Make cake per directions for a 13x9 cake. Leave cake in pan and let it cool completely.

  2. 2

    Once cake has cooled, poke holes all over cake using a wide-tined fork or skewer.

  3. 3

    Mix cream of coconut, sweetened condensed milk and whole milk with an electric mixer until smooth. Pour milk mixture slowly and evenly all over cake.

  4. 4

    Cover cake and refrigerate at least four hours (up to 24 hours) to allow cake to soak up milk mixture.

  5. 5

    When ready to serve, spread cake evenly with cool whip then top with coconut. Refrigerate to store.

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