Chocolate Tres Leche Cake

Prep Time
minutes

Cook Time
minutes

Total Time
minutes

Serving
size
Recipe written and created by Miami Food Stops.
Ingredients
Cake
- Box of Devil's Food Cake
- 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
Tres Leches Milk Filling
- 1 can of evaporated milk
- 1 can of condensed milk
- 1 cup of milk
- 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
Frosting
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/4 cup of cocoa powder
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
Preparation
- Start off by preheating your oven to 350 degrees F and coat your cake pan with butter or non-stick spray and set it aside.
- In a bowl, pour you box of Devil's Food Cake Mix and mix in 3 large eggs, 1 1/4 cup of milk and 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
- Pour cake batter in the greased pan and place it into the oven for 35 minutes.
- For the tres leches milk filling, in a bowl mix together 1 can of condensed milk, 1 can of evaporated milk, 1 cup of milk, and 1/4 cup of cocoa powder until combined and set it aside.
- Now in a new bowl for the frosting, mix together 1/2 cup of sugar, 1/4 cup of cocoa powder and 2 cups of heavy whipping cream and mix until you see soft peaks.
- Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool.
- Once the cake cools poke holes all throughout the cake with a fork.
- Pour the milk filling on top. Pour a little at a time and make sure the cake absorbs the milk and then pour more on top.
- Once the cake has absorbed the milk, take the chocolate frosting that you have made and frost a thick layer onto the cake.
- Finish the cake off with a light layer of cocoa powder on top and you're all done!