Betty’s Three Milk Cake

Name: Betty’s Three Milk Cake (Pastel de Tres Leches de Betty)
Yield: Servings: 15
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 cups powdered sugar; 1½ cups chopped pecans, strawberry slices, peach slices, sliced kiwi, well drained fruit cocktail; 7.6 ounces can media crema table cream; 1 8-oz block cream cheese, room temperature; 14 ounces can condensed milk; 12 ounces can evaporated milk; 1 teaspoon Mexican vanilla; Non-stick spray with flour; 1 cup vegetable oil; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup whole milk; Original pancake and waffle mix; 5 large eggs, room temperature; 2 cups Pearl Milling Company

Pastel de Tres Leches de Betty

Preparation info

Servings:
15

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

My South Texas Kitchen

By Yvette Zuniga Jemison

Published 2022

About

My cousin Betty’s Tres Leches cake is our family’s most popular cake. The cake layer is soaked in a sweet milk mixture and coated in a cream cheese frosting. While a milk soaked-cake might sound soggy, you’ll find that this cake has a pudding like texture. Betty makes this often requested cake in a pan that her mother gave her over 38 years ago. Her 11-inch round pan isn’t a standard size, but this recipe can be baked in a 9x13-inch pan. Betty’s shortcut for her ultra-rich cake is to make t

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Texas Style Desserts

Zina Gutmanis

5 months ago from United States

Rave reviews for this super easy cake! I couldn’t find canned table cream so I used refrigerated and it worked well. So flavorful and moist, everyone had a second helping.

Yvette Zuniga Jemison

Author

5 months ago from United States

Zina, I'm so happy that you had great results with my recipe! Thank you for sharing a great substitution tip, too. Happy New Year and happy cooking in 2025!

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