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MY 4-LECHES COQUITO STYLE CAKE, or (usually known as Tres-Leches) SO YUMMMM!

8/18/2023

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The traditional Puerto Rican 3-Leches cake (3-Milks) is amazing. However, I just wanted to use some extra ingredients to make my cake taste like the famous Coquito drink that we all adore. No alcohol in this recipe, so that kids and adults can enjoy it together. BOOM!
 
Category:  Dessert
Approx. Prep and Cook Time:    Under 1 hour
Approximate Cost:    $14.45 or .96 cents per serving
Difficulty Level:  Easy
Allergens, Other:  For Gluten Free Please Use a GF Cake box.    
Servings: Approx. 15 servings
 
Ingredients for the Cake: ($3.55)
1 package yellow cake mix  (or you can bake one from scratch) ($1.35)
3 whole eggs (.60)
1 cup evaporated milk ($1.00)
1 c. peanut or vegetable oil (.60)
 
Ingredients for the Coquito blend to Moist the Cake ($5.50)
1/2 can condensed milk ($2.50)
½ cup Carnation evaporated milk ($1.50)
1/2 cup coconut milk ($1.20)
1 c. coconut cream ($2.20)
1/4 tsp cinnamon (.10)
1/4 tsp. ground ginger (.10)
1/4 tsp. fresh ground nutmeg (.10)
 
Topping ($3.20)
1-pint (16oz.) container heavy whipping cream ($2.50)
3 tbsp. powdered sugar (.10)
½ tsp. vanilla extract (.50)
Top with ground cinnamon and nutmeg (.10)
 
 DIRECTIONS
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Butter a 13 x 9 baking dish or an aluminum foil pan.
In a medium size bowl add cake mix, eggs, milks, oil. Stir until blended and pour into baking dish.
Cook for 25 minutes depending on your oven.
While cake is baking, make the Coquito blend to Moist the Cake.
In a large bowl, add the condensed milk, evaporated milk, coconut milk and coconut cream. Mix together with a whisk then add the cinnamon and nutmeg, and set aside.
When cake is cool, use a fork carefully to poke holes all over the cake.
Pour the Coquito blend/mix evenly on top of cake. Make sure that is super soaked.
Refrigerate cake for 6 hours, or better yet, overnight.
Make the topping by whipping the whipping cream, powder sugar & vanilla.
Cover the cake with it generously, then sprinkle ground cinnamon over the whipping cream.
When serving, garnish with fresh berries on the side or top.
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