This twist on a traditional tres leches cake begins with a boxed cake mix. And when one of the tres leches—three milks—poured over the warm cake is chocolate, you know you’re in for sinfully sweet goodness.
Quick and Easy Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
Cake
1 package chocolate cake mix (14.25 ounces)
3 eggs, room temperature
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 ounces)
1 can evaporated milk (12 ounces)
1 cup chocolate milk
Topping
1 cup heavy whipping cream
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1. Cake Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9-by-13-inch pan with cooking spray.
2. In a bowl, beat together cake mix, eggs, milk, butter, vanilla and cinnamon until smooth.
3. Pour into prepared baking pan. Bake 25–30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
4. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
5. Use a fork to pierce holes in cake. Slowly pour the sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and chocolate milk over the cake.
6. Allow cake to cool completely. Cover and chill overnight in the refrigerator.
7. Topping In another bowl, beat whipping cream, powered sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
8. Spread over cake and top with chocolate chips.
Serves 12.
Correction: February 5, 2024
This recipe was corrected to indicate the use of a chocolate cake mix.
