Tres Leches Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups butter, softened
- 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup water
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 (16-oz) carton frozen whipped topping, thawed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F. Beat butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, and brown sugar in a large bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Whisk together condensed milk, milk, and vanilla in a bowl.
- Gradually add flour to butter mixture alternately with milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased 13- x 9-inch pan.
- Bake 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Using a wooden skewer, poke holes in cake at ½-inch intervals.
- Bring water and 1 cup granulated sugar to a boil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in cream.
- Slowly pour cream mixture over cake. Cool completely in pan. Spread whipped topping over cake before serving. Store in refrigerator.
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