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Banana Tres Leches Cake

A plush banana white cake soaked with coconut tres leches and topped with whipped cream, toasted coconut and fresh banana slices.

Dessert · 12 ingredients

Prep 25 min · Cook 35 min · Total 4 hr · Makes 1 13x9-inch cake (12 servings)

Banana Tres Leches Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 Box Betty Crocker SuperMoist White Cake Mix
  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup mashed overripe bananas
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • 1/2 cup half and half or cream
  • 1 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 2 bananas, sliced
  • 1/2 cup sweetened, toasted coconut

Directions

  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter just the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish. In a large bowl, add the cake mix, water, vegetable oil, eggs and mashed bananas. Beat with an electric mixer on low for 30 seconds, then turn the speed up to medium and mix for 2 minutes, stopping often to scrape the bowl.
  2. Spread the batter into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 33 – 38 minutes, until a toothpick tested in the middle comes out clean. Set the cake aside until it is fully cool, about 1 hour.
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk and half and half together. Use a large rimmed fork to prick holes across the whole top of the cake every 1/2 inch. Pour the milk mixture evenly over the cake.
  4. Cover the cake and chill it for 2 hours, or overnight, until the milk mixture has soaked in. In a medium bowl, beat the heavy cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add the granulated sugar and continue beating until the cream holds stiff peaks.
  5. Right before serving, frost the cake with the sweetened whipped cream and scatter the toasted coconut evenly over the top. Top individual slices with sliced bananas. Store the cake in the refrigerator.
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