Here is a rich, moist, super-chocolatey Tres Leches Cake — but made entirely in CHOCOLATE form!
Soft chocolate sponge soaked in a triple-chocolate milk mixture and topped with whipped cream. Perfect for parties!
🍫✨ Chocolate Tres Leches Cake
⭐ Serves: 12
⭐ Difficulty: Easy
⭐ Texture: Moist, chocolatey, fudge-soaked heaven
🧁 Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup whole milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup hot coffee (or hot water for milder flavor)
Chocolate Tres Leches Mixture
- 1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk
- 1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- ¼ cup chocolate syrup (optional but amazing)
Whipped Topping
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder (for chocolate whipped cream — optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla
🔥 Instructions
1. Make the Chocolate Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease a 9×13 baking dish.
- In a bowl, whisk:
- flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
- In another bowl, mix:
- eggs, milk, oil, vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients to wet and mix until combined.
- Stir in hot coffee (batter will be thin — that’s correct!).
- Pour into baking dish and bake 25–30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes.
2. Poke & Soak
- Using a fork or skewer, poke holes all over the warm cake.
- Whisk together the tres leches mixture:
- evaporated milk
- condensed milk
- whole milk
- cocoa powder
- chocolate syrup
- Pour slowly all over the cake.
- Chill at least 4 hours (best overnight).
3. Chocolate Whipped Cream
- Beat heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, and cocoa powder until fluffy peaks form.
- Spread over chilled cake.
- Dust with cocoa powder or add chocolate shavings on top.
🍫 Tips for the Best Chocolate Tres Leches
- Use coffee for deeper chocolate flavor.
- Let it soak overnight for the BEST texture.
- Add a layer of ganache drizzle on top for a richer version.
- Replace whipped cream with Cool Whip for a shortcut.
