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Espresso Tres Leches Cake
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Espresso and Chocolate Tres Leches Cake

Author: Roz

Ingredients

  • 1 18.25 oz milk chocolate cake mix
  • 1-1/4 cups chocolate milk
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs I use jumbo
  • 1 tsp. instant espresso powder or 2 tsp. instant coffee powder
  • 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
  • 3/4 cup evaporated milk
  • 3 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cups half and half
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tsp. Tia Maria Jamaican Coffee liqueur or Kahlua

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C)
  • Prepare a 9 x 13 inch cake pan with butter and flour.
  • With a mixer on low speed, beat the cake mix, chocolate milk, canola oil, eggs, and espresso powder together in a large bowl.
  • Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened.
  • Increase the mixer speed to medium and continue to beat for 2 more minutes.
  • Pour chocolate mixture into the prepared pan.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  • Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool in the pan until is is no longer hot to the touch, but is warm.
  • While the cake is warm, poke holes all over the cake with a fork.
  • Whisk the sweetened condensed milk, half-and-half, evaporated milk, and 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder together in a bowl until the cocoa is mostly incorporated into the liquid.
  • Allow the cake to cool completely.
  • Pour this milk mixture evenly over the cooled cake. (You may even want to make more to pour over the cake to make it extra moist -- totally up to you!)
  • Allow the liquid to soak into the cake.
  • Sift the powders sugar and cocoa powder together in a bowl.
  • Beat the heavy whipping cream in a stand-up mixer on medium speed for 1 minute.
  • While continuing to mix, add the sugar and cocoa powder mixture to the cream in 2 batches, allowing the first to incorporate before adding the second.
  • Increase mixer speed to medium-high and beat until soft peaks form and the cream is thickened and spreadable.
  • Add the coffee liqueur by gently folding it into the whipped cream mixture.
  • Spread chocolate whipped cream on the cake to serve.
  • Notes
  • I adapted this recipe by amping up the coffee flavor by adding the Tia Maria coffee liqueur, the original (without liqueur): AllRecipes.com