Easy Coconut-Lime Tres Leches Cake

Easy Coconut-Lime Tres Leches Cake

Recipe by Samira Rueda from tasty.co

Desserts

Ingredients

4

4 servings

  • ½ cup butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • ½ cup evaporated milk
  • ½ cup coconut milk
  • ½ cup condensed milk
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 3 ½ teaspoons sugar
  • coconut flake, toasted
  • lemon zest

Instructions

  • For the cake: Preheat the oven to 170°C.
  • In a bowl whip, butter, and super until fluffy.
  • Add the milk and the eggs one by one, mixing in between. Then, add the coconut extract and mix well.
  • Add the flour and the baking powder. Combine everything together, pour into a pre-greased mold and bake at 170° C for 35 minutes.
  • Once the cake is baked, poke small holes with a toothpick or fork. Pour the milk mixture on top.
  • Let it chill for three hours in the fridge.
  • Toppings: For the chantilly cream: simply whip everything until it is fluffy.
  • To top the cake, sprinkle coconut and lime zest.
  • Enjoy!

Nutritional Facts

Per 4 servings

  • Calories: 886
  • Carbohydrate: 75g
  • Fat: 64g
  • Fiber: 0g
  • Protein: 16g
  • Sugar: 43g

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