Coconut milk is one in every of my favourite components to make use of in each candy and savory items- I actually have a cornbread recipe in my roster that makes use of coconut milk!
I’ve by no means made tres leches cake earlier than however was intrigued by the swap of evaporated milk for coconut milk. The recipe was easy and the timing was correct mixing the batter.
Since I made solely half the recipe, I ended up utilizing a 1/4 sheet pan, which can have made the cake barely thinner. It cooked quicker and the cake was browning on the edges and pulling away from the edges in half-hour.
A bit extra steerage about how lengthy the full time for soaking would have been useful. I did go slowly however because the recipe famous, it did appear like an excessive amount of liquid so I did find yourself conserving slightly leftover drizzle.
I saved the cooled cake within the fridge for 4 hours earlier than making the whipped cream frosting. Regardless of wanting just like the cake was drowning, the completed cake was not as soaked as I anticipated, so I might definitely have used extra of the liquid.
My favourite flavors of the cake have been the toasted coconut and lime zest within the whipped cream. Tres leches cake is all the time very candy, blame the sweetened condensed milk, however I might have loved rather less sugar and extra lime notes inside the cake.
I’ll definitely return to this recipe. It’s a straightforward crowd-pleasing dessert to make for a cocktail party and large bonus you may make it forward and it’ll solely get higher with extra soaking time.
