Tres Leches Flan Cake

The following recipe was prepared for my Tamales cooking class. You can read about my class and get other links to recipes HERE.

Tres Leches Flan Cake

Cake:
1 (18.25 oz.) box butter/yellow cake mix and ingredients to prepare as directed on box
1 (12 oz) can of regular Coke or Pepsi

Topping:
1 (10.9-oz.) jar cajeta (caramel topping) or caramel ice cream topping

Flan:
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Heat oven to 350 degrees

1.) Follow instructions to make cake, but use the can of coke instead of water.
2.) Set cake mix aside and make flan
3.) Put the flan ingredients in a blender and mix well
4.) Spray the bundt pan with Pam and then cover the bottom with carmel
5.) Pour cake mix into bundt pan.
6.) Pour the flan mix gently down one side of the pan. The flan will go to the bottom and the cake mix will raise up a bit as the flan mixture fills the bottom of the pan.
7.) Set the bundt pan in a larger pan or tray with water. You are creating a double boiler, but you only need a couple inches of water.
8.) Put it all in the oven and it will cook for at least 45 minutes and as much as an hour.
9.) Check the cake doneness with a toothpick. The cake will stay more moist than most cakes you’ve ever made and you will see it separate a bit from the pan when it is done.
10.) Let is cool and regigerate for several hours.
11.) Take it out two hours before you plan to serve. Turn the bundt pan over and let it sit while warming to room temperature.
12.) The bundt pan should then lift off to reveal a layer of flan, topped with carmel sitting atop a very moist cake.

Carrie’s Double Apple Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Carrie’s Double Apple Bread

3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. lemon lime soda
4 tablespoons applesauce
1/4 cup chopped apples
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Arlene’s Cranberry Apricot Orange & Walnut Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Arlene’s Cranberry Apricot Orange & Walnut Bread

3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. orange soda
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup dried apricots
1/4 cup walnuts

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Gisela’s Cranberry Orange Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Our sweet breads out of the oven…

Gisela’s Cranberry Orange Bread

3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. orange soda
1 cup dried cranberries

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes.

Micky’s Chunky Apple Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Micky’s Chunky Apple Bread

3 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. lemon lime soda
1/2 cup chopped apples
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Yael’s Cinnamon Bun Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Yael’s Cinnamon Bun Bread

3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. cream soda
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Michele’s Cinnamon Bun Streusel Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Michele’s Cinnamon Bun Streusel Bread

3 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. cream soda
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar

Streusel:
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 tablespoon flour

Combine all ingredients for bread.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Combine all ingredients for streusel.
Sprinkle streusel over the top of loaf.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Sarah’s Banana Cranberry Apricot Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Sarah’s Banana Cranberry Apricot Bread

3 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. ginger ale
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup dried apricots
1/2 cup mashed bananas

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Eva’s Banana Nut Bread

We made the following bread during my Quick Bread Cooking Class, which you can read & view pictures of HERE.

Eva’s Banana Nut Bread

3 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup sugar
12 oz. ginger ale
1 cup mashed bananas
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Combine all ingredients.
Pour into greased loaf pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 50-55 minutes