Best Tres Leches Cupcakes
Easy Tres Leches Cupcakes using a boxed cake mix. Top with homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries. Use my 3 simple ingredient hacks to make box taste homemade!
Servings: 22 cupcakes
Calories:
Equipment
- hand mixed
- cupcake tin
- foil type cupcake liners
Ingredients
Milk Mixture:
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 12 ounce canned evaporated milk
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cupcakes:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) melted to room temp
- 1 cup milk
- 3 egg whites
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh strawberries hulled and slices
Whipped Cream:
- 2 cups heavy cream chilled
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tin with foil type liners.
- To a large mixing bowl, blend cake mix, melted butter, milk, egg whites and vanilla extract using a hand mixer on low speed 2 minutes then increase speed for 3 more minutes.
- Divide cake batter in cupcake tin to about 2/3 full. Bake 12-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool slightly on a wire rack.
Milk Mixture:
- In another medium bowl, blend heavy cream, evaporated milk. sweetened condensed milk and vanilla extract.
- Use the blunt end of a skewer and poke several deep holes into each cupcake (don’t poke into the liners!). Carefully spoon 2-3 tablespoons of milk mixture over each cupcake letting it seep in.
- Refrigerate cupcakes at least an hour up to overnight for best flavor.
Whipped Cream:
- Just before serving use a hand mixer to whip heavy cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.Spoon or pipe over the top of each cupcake add a sliced strawberry and eat right away.
Notes
Use foil type liners so the milk doesn't seep through.
Refrigerate cupcakes overnight for best flavor before adding whipped cream.