Moist, creamy, light and delicious. This Coconut Tres Leches Cake is a classic cake recipe with a coconut twist. Easy to whip up and utterly delicious.
I have a case of the Monday’s. I woke up out of a dead sleep this morning with definitely not enough sleep. I’m one of those types of people who don’t require an alarm clock to get up at the time that they need. Which mine is around 7:00-7:15 every morning to get the kids up and ready for school.
Usually I wake up gracefully and slowly and am able to acclimate to the time, not this morning. It was like my body knew that I was going to be late because I was so tired that it woke up in a panic at 7:09 and didn’t know what to do. So needless to say I’m having a slow going morning that calls for a delicious slice of this Coconut Tres Leches Cake.
If you’ve never had Tres Leches Cake before, I suggest that you try it. It is technically a 3 milk cake, hence the Tres Leche. We had game night this weekend and I made some coconut shrimp (later post to come, coconut twice in one week is a lot to handle lol).
Well as much as I love coconut shrimp, it wastes a lot of ingredient. Luckily though, those ingredients are needed to make this soft, moist Coconut Tres Leches Cake. Adding coconut to this is absolutely amazing, well to my husband and myself it is. We are huge lovers of coconut so this stuff is right up our alley.
This recipe produces a seriously fluffy and light cake. We the trick is beating your egg whites and folding them into your mixture. I’m a huge lover of the Pioneer Woman and a few of her cakes have that method, including this one and this cake is adapted off of her ever love Tres Leche Cake.
But obviously, I always have to stray away from the norm and make it something of my own, that’s just how I roll. So if you love coconut, if you love tres leches than this Coconut Tres Leches Cake is for you!!
Coconut Tres Leches Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 eggs separated
- 1 cup sugar separated
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/3 cup milk
MILK TOPPING
- 12 oz coconut milk*
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
WHIPPED TOPPING
- 2 cups 1 pt heavy whipping cream
- 3 Tbs sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup coconut toasted*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Spray a 9" x 13" pan with non stick cooking spray, set aside.
- Im medium bowl, whisk together your flour, baking powder and salt.
- In another bowl, beat together your egg yolks and 3/4 cup sugar until it turns pale yellow (about 2 minutes)
- Gently stir in your milk and vanilla to the yolk mixture.
- Slowly add it to your flour mixture until just combined.
- In another bowl, beat your egg whites on high until soft peaks form.
- Add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
- Gently fold into your batter.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake 35-40 minutes or until golden and toothpick comes out clean.
- Meanwhile while cake is cooking, combine your milk topping ingredients in bowl and whisk together. Set aside.
- One cake is done remove from oven and let cool.
- You can keep cake in pan or invert it onto a serving tray.
- Once cool, poke holes all over cake with fork and slowly pour your milk topping all over the tops and sides of cake. Using spatula spread around so it is soaked up.
- Cover and refridgerate for atleast 3 hours so cake can soak up milk.
- Meanwhile in bowl, mix your heavy whipping cream, sugar and vanilla and beat on high until stiff peaks form.
- Once cake is cooled, spread whipped topping all over top of cake. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
- Top with cherries if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Tornadough Alli is not a nutritionist or dietitian, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and nutritional value is important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and values can vary depending on which brands were used.
The Better Baker
You certainly whipped up a winner with this awesome dessert. Wanted you to know it’s being featured at this week’s Weekend Potluck party. Thanks and thanks again for sharing with us. http://www.thebetterbaker.blogspot.com/2016/03/slow-cooker-cheesesteak-sandwiches.html
Tornadough Alli
Thank you so so much!! That’s awesome. Love sharing with you guys each week, such a great party.
Sherry
Oh, my. This looks heavenly! Thanks so much for sharing your recipe with us at Funtastic Friday.
Michelle | A Dish of Daily Life
It looks delicious! Love the taste of coconut!
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Michelle. Coconut is really a great flavor and fun to bake with!
Melissa @ Served Up With Love
You had me at coconut! Goodness, I can’t wait to make this deliciousness. Thanks for sharing at Weekend Potluck. I sure do hope you stop by again on Friday and share some of your dishes with us.
Sandy Sandmeyer
This looks like a really lovely and tasty cake. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe with us at the Over the Moon Link Party.
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Sandy. This was great.
Katie Jenkins
Ummm, this cake looks ridiculously amazing! I came across your post on the Totally Terrific Tuesday Link Up. Your photo instantly made my eyes go to your post. And tres leches with coconut…Brilliant! It seriously made my mouth water. I may have a health and fitness blog, but that doesn’t mean I don’t love or appreciate incredible food, ESPECIALLY desserts:-) Great recipe, Alli.
Tornadough Alli
Thanks so much Katie you are too sweet. This cake is seriously one of our faves. I agree sometimes the indulgence is absolutely worth it.
Kathleen
That looks so very delicious. It would be dangerous to let me near it. Thanks for bringing such awesome temptations to the Blogger’s Pit Stop
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Kathleen! It’s tempting for sure.
Indu
Now why didn’t I think of this? what a great idea to make a coconutty version of tres leches. Lovely!
Tornadough Alli
Thanks Indu! This version is one of our faves.
Adri
What a cake! This is one of my favorites; thee is just something about that milky sweetness that sends me over the edge! Yours looks terrific!
Tornadough Alli
Thank you so much. There is something about the milky goodness of this cake that hooks ya!
Janet Vinyard
Hi Alli, This cake looks like the kind of cake of which dreams are made! Looks so scrumptious! Thanks for sharing! Thanks also for hosting the blog hop! Blessings, Janet
Cristina @ I Say Nomato
Oooooh man this looks so good! I could definitely deal with that for breakfast 🙂 Pioneer Woman is seriously the best.
Tornadough Alli
She is the best. Love her recipes, love adapting from them more!!
Ginger Wroot
I can NEVER get enough of tres leches cake! Yours looks fabulous!
–G
gingerwroot.com
Tornadough Alli
I know right, it is so moist and delicious that you just want more and more! Thanks for stopping by!
Frugal Hausfrau
Yum! I make a coconut tres leches, too, but this looks super moist and delish! And the cute little cherries are the perfect touch…Happy Throwback Thursday!
Mollie
Tornadough Alli
What?!?! You make one too? You’ll have to share your recipe, I love trying others like mine.
Morgan @ Morgan Manages Mommyhood
Oh my goodness I cannot wait to try this! I love the coconut twist on it!!
Tornadough Alli
I love the coconut in this. My husband is a huge coconut lover so this he actually enjoyed!
Teresa
It sounds fabulous! Anything with condensed milk is definitely on my list of recipes to try…
Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party this week! Pinned!