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Name: Tres Leches Apple Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 apple, peeled and chopped; 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix; 1 cup water; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 3 eggs; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk; 1/4 cup evaporated milk; 1/4 cup Mexican table cream or crème fraîche; 1 tablespoon butter; 1 apple, peeled and sliced into ½-inch wedges; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting; 2 tablespoons chopped pecans

I like to soak this cake overnight in a tres leches mixture.

Tres Leches Apple Cake

Ingredients:16
Servings:12

Ericka Sanchez(Opens in a new tab)Updated 01/10/2024

Tres Leches Apple Cake

Ingredients:16
Servings:12

This apple tres leches cake has the best flavors of autumn–apples and cinnamon with a Mexican tres leches twist. With chunks of apples inside and out and the texture of a tres leches cake, this delightful dessert will become the dessert of the season. Perfect for special occasions or a great way to satisfy a cinnamon-apple craving. Plan ahead–this dessert requires refrigeration time, but we guarantee you it will be worth the wait.

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Tres Leches Apple Cake

Prep time:20 min
Total time:9 hr 0 min
Ingredients:16
Servings:12

Ingredient

Cake

1 apple, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Tres Leches Mixture

1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup Mexican table cream or crème fraîche

Topping

1 tablespoon butter
1 apple, peeled and sliced into ½-inch wedges
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tub (16 oz) Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy Vanilla Frosting
2 tablespoons chopped pecans

Instructions

Step 1
Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8-inch round pan with cooking spray.

Step 2
In a medium bowl combine 1 chopped apple and flour. Mix with a spoon to coat apple pieces. Set aside.

Step 3
In a large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Then on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Fold in apple mixture and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon until combined.

Step 4
Bake 41-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes, loosen sides of cake from pan. Place platter upside down on pan; carefully turn platter and pan over to unmold cake. Let cake cool completely.

Step 5
While cake cools, whisk together sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and cream in a medium bowl.

Step 6
Using a wooden skewer, poke about 15 holes into cake, and spoon milk mixture over cake. Refrigerate cake for 8 hours or overnight.

Step 7
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add apple wedges, brown sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon. Cook, stirring frequently for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.

Step 8
Frost the top of the cake, leaving a 1-inch border. Add apple mixture to the center and sprinkle with pecans. Slice and serve.

Nutrition Facts

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Tres Leches Apple Cake

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