Strawberry Crunch Tres Leches Cake
Strawberry Crunch Tres Leches Cake
This sweet, moist dessert is the perfect way to cure any sweet tooth and it’s so easy to make.

INGREDIENTS

For the cake:

  • 1 box strawberry cake mix
  • 3 eggs at room temperature
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Cooking spray

For the crunch:

  • 1 pack of Golden Oreo
  • 3oz Strawberry Jell-O
  • 1 stick melted butter

For the tres leches mixture:

  • 1/2 cup of milk
  • 1 can of evaporated milk
  • 1 can of condensed milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

For the frosting:

  • 2 cups of heavy whipping cream
  • 4 tbsp of powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS

  1. Blend the five cake ingredients together.  Spray down your cake pan and pour the batter in spreading it out evenly.  Bake for 35 minutes on 350.
  2. Remove cake from oven and let it cool
  3. Crush up the Oreos (cookie parts only).  Add in the strawberry Jell-O and melted butter.  Mix well until all red and clumpy.
  4. Either poke holes in the cake (once it has cooled) or remove the top of the cake so it's flatter and more even.
  5. Blend all the milk ingredients then pour over the cake
  6. Combine all ingredients for the whipped cream and spread over cake
  7. Add the crunch mixture evenly over the cake
  8. Refrigerate the cake at least 2 hours, then enjoy!

 

If you'd like to check out more recipes like this you can check out our othe tres leches and poke cakes.

Author, educator, musician, dancer and all around creative type. Founder of "The Happy Now" website and the online jewelry store "Silver and Sage".