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Tres leches cake: 3 creator recipes compared

Every one is built on granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla extract. Some add cake batter or butter.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 27 October 2026.

Tres Leches Cake by kevin from KWOOWK, a frame from the Instagram video

Make this one first.

We put the most-saved version first: kevin from KWOOWK’s. A fluffy Mexican sponge cake drenched in a luscious trio of milks—sweetened condensed, evaporated, and whole—then topped with airy whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon. The overnight soak transforms it into a custard‑like, light yet rich dessert that’s both comforting and indulgent.

Tres Leches Cake from kevin from KWOOWK’s Instagram video

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Tres Leches Cake

Recipe from kevin from KWOOWK, from their Instagram videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 1 hr
  • Serves 8
  • 13 ingredients
  • Oven

The only one of the 3 with powdered sugar and ground cinnamon.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1 cupgranulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 tspbaking powder
  • a pinchsalt
  • 3 pcseggs
  • 1/4 cupvegetable oil
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 1 cupheavy cream
  • 1/2 cuppowdered sugar
  • to tasteground cinnamon

Milk Mixture

  • 1 cupsweetened condensed milk
  • 1 cupevaporated milk
  • 1/2 cupwhole milk

How it goes

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch rectangular glass baking dish.

  2. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

  3. In another bowl, beat eggs with 0.5 cup granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in 0.25 cup whole milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract.

  4. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until just combined.

  5. Pour batter into the prepared glass dish and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

  6. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Then 7 more steps in the full recipe.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 tres leches cake recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. kevin from KWOOWK’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Tres Leches Cakekevin from KWOOWK · make this one first1 hr813Ovenpowdered sugar and ground cinnamon
Tres Leches CakeThe Pancake Princess1 hr811Ovencake batter, almond extract, whipped cream and creme fraiche
Tres Leches Cake with Dulce de LecheMyJuicyTv1 hr1210Ovenbutter, condensed milk and dulce de leche

What they share.

  • All 3use sugar.
  • All 3use eggs.
  • All 3use vanilla extract.
  • All 3use evaporated milk.
  • 2 of 3use all-purpose flour. The Pancake Princess’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use baking powder. The Pancake Princess’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • Something only one of them uses

    kevin from KWOOWK is the only one to use powdered sugar and ground cinnamon. The Pancake Princess is the only one to use cake batter, almond extract, whipped cream and creme fraiche. MyJuicyTv is the only one to use butter, condensed milk and dulce de leche.

  • What they serve it with

    kevin from KWOOWK serves it with milk mixture. MyJuicyTv serves it with cake batter and milk soak.

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How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 27 October 2026.

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