You’ll love this special tres leches cake recipe! Cereal milk tres leches is sweet, creamy, and a perfect make-ahead cake for your next celebration.
Preheat oven to 275 degrees
In a large bowl, mix cereal, sugar ,salt, and melted butter together.
Spread cereal mixture in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Bake for ten mins, stirring after five mins.
Allow to cool for five mins.
While the cornflakes cool, in a medium bowl, mix together the evaporated mile, condensed milk, and the whole milk and set aside.
pour still warm pour half of the cornflakes into a medium bowl.
pour milk mixture over the cornflakes, ensuring that all of the cereal is coated.
cover and refrigerate for two hours up to over night.
preheat oven to 350 degrees
grease only the bottom of a 9 x 12 baking dish and set aside.
separate egg yolks and whites into two bowls.
add sugar to the egg yolks and mix with a hand mixer until light yellow and fluffy.
add flour, baking powder, and salt. stir together to make a paste.
add one teaspoon of milk and vanilla to the mixture, and stir to combine, and set aside.
in a medium bowl, whip egg whites to soft peaks.
continue beating while slowly adding sugar.
beat until stiff peaks
fold whipped egg whites slowly into cake batter.
pour mixture into prepared dish and make sure the top is smooth.
bake for 25 mins until a toothpick comes out clean.
do not remove the cake from the oven, turn off the oven and crack the oven door and allow the cake to cool slowly. remove after 10 mins
using a fork, pierce cake repeatedly to allow the the milk to settle once poured on the cake, and set aside.
remove the cereal/milk mixture from the refrigerator, and drain through a fine mesh sieve. squeeze cornflakes to get as much milk from them as you can. discard cornflakes once drained.
pour cereal milk evenly over the cake.
wrap cake in plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours unto over night.
In a cold bowl from a stand mixer, add cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla and beat on high until stiff peaks.
Add whipped cream to the center of the cake and spread to sides, ending in a smooth top.
cover the cake with reserved cornflakes
enjoy