Tres Leches Piña Colada Cake

An easy version of the beloved tres leches cake is made with cake mix, pineapple, and cream of coconut to give the cake a piña colada flavor.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 503 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
• 1 (15 ounce) can cream of coconut
• 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix without pudding
• 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• 1.25 cups water
• 1 tablespoon toasted flaked coconut, or as desired

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Stir yellow cake mix, eggs, water, and vegetable oil in a bowl until moistened; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in crushed pineapple. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean or with moist crumbs, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove cake from oven.

Step 3

Whisk cream of coconut with milk in a bowl until smooth; pour mixture over hot cake. Allow cake to cool thoroughly.

Step 4

Whip cream in a mixing bowl with sugar, using an electric mixer, until whipped cream holds soft peaks. Frost top of cake with whipped cream and sprinkle with toasted coconut.

Step 5

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch cake pan.