This easy Tres Leches Cake with Cake Mix recipe uses boxed cake mix and a sweet three milk mixture, topped with rich whipped cream & cinnamon for the best shortcut dessert you'll find!
Spray a large baking dish (9x13") with cooking spray. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together cake mix, whole milk, butter, vanilla extract, and eggs. Pour cake batter into the prepared pan and bake cake according to package instructions.
While yellow cake bakes, whisk together half of the heavy cream, evaporated milk, and sweetened condensed milk.
Once cake is baked and allowed to cool for at least 20-30 minutes, use a fork to poke holes all over the cake. A little bit at a time, pour milk mixture over the cake, allowing it to soak in before pouring additional mix. Continue until all milk is poured and soaked in.
Use other half of the heavy cream to make whipped cream; mix powdered sugar in slowly as you beat heavy cream in another large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed. Beat until soft peaks form on beaters.
Spread whipped cream over top of the cake. Sprinkle cinnamon to over the top of the whipped cream. Refrigerate cake for about an hour before serving.
Notes
This cake is best served cold. I like to refrigerate mine for at least an hour, but if you can make it the day before serving I'd recommend it. This lets the cake soak up all of that yummy milk mixture.
Just mix the cake batter until it's completely blended. Don't overmix - this makes the cake too dense and unable to soak up the milk mixture.
When storing in the refrigerator, don't slice the cake until right before serving. The cake tends to dry out if sliced.
Substitute any variety of cake mix to change up your cake's flavor. Chocolate, strawberry, or even lemon cake mixes are delicious with this recipe.
You can also serve topped with fresh fruits, like strawberries, raspberries, or sliced kiwi.