I guess every mexican child knows this cake before any other. The tres leches has an special place in my heart.

I made this the other day and it is easily the best tres leches I’ve ever made. I doubled the milk mix like suggested, and I finally got the moist texture I like in a tres leches cake. The cake held up so well. I would say days 2-3 are the best days for this cake. Having it on the first day is a sin because it doesn’t do the cake justice. It needs to soak at least overnight to really get the full flavor and texture. Next time, I am going to steep the milk mixture with citrus peels and cinnamon sticks for extra depth of flavor and then soak the cake. Takes a bit more time but so, so worth it! Thank you so much good sir. You are a master of your craft. Everything I’ve made by you is always perfect and I think it’s due to how much attention you pay to details and how well you communicate with your audience. You really take the time to think about everything and it shows because when I make a recipe of yours I’m never confused or lost. You think of it all!

I followed this recipe. I had never made a cake from scratch or done anything requiring egg separating or anything like that, so I was slightly overwhelmed at first 😂 but you made it look so easy and it was really easy to follow along to! With each successful step I felt super proud of myself. From seeing perfect peeking egg whites to looking at my cake that looked exactly like a sponge, I felt really accomplished every step of the way. The whole reason I even made this cake was because someone very special to me told me it was his favorite cake and that it was what he wanted most for his birthday. He said it was the best tres leches he has ever had. And everyone else who tried it was crazy about it too. I just wanted to say thank you so much for an amazing recipe and for a great, easy to follow video tutorial. It felt really good to make this for someone who means so much to me. I also loved the feeling I got from baking this cake and I can’t wait to try out more recipes and enhance my baking skills with these videos ❤

Milk cake Ingredients: for the syrup: 354 ml evaporated milk 397g sweetened condensed milk 160ml milk for the cake: 240g plain flour 5 eggs 1/2 tsp salt 3/4 tsp baking powder 250g sugar 120ml milk 2tsp vanilla extract for the icing: 2tbs icing sugar 480 ml heavy whipping cream i love this cake! i always make it for my family and they love it as well! it is so fluffy, creamy and indulgent 😋😋

This Cake its exactly the perfect balance of soft textures, sweet and milk! I've been doing it for several times and this year, TODAY, it was the request of my husband for his B-day cake! Lovely! Thank you so Much! Delicious!

I just had my first slice of tres leches cake ever about 10 minutes ago and I can't believe I have been missing out this whole time: it's delicious!

Ahhhh love Tres Leches cake! I was fortunate to have grown up in a neighborhood that had local Mexican bakeries and they would have these made fresh daily. It has become one of my all-time favorites ❤️.

Absolutely loved this recipe! My family devoured the entire cake in minutes! Thank you! thank you! Your recipes never dissapoint and are always a hit! ❤

Finally! I’ve been waiting for this recipe for so long, I’m so excited to make your tres leches recipe, I’m sure it will be amazing.✨

Just made this cake with your recipe and let me tell you! I’m not a fan of tres leeches, but my grandmother loves it so I wanted to surprise her for her birthday coming up! I made a test cake last night that me and my boyfriend tasted! It was AMAZING!! I absolutely loved it! THANK YOU!

This is the best thing I've ever made. Seriously!!! So delicious and fluffy and surprisingly easy/fast to make. I'll definitely be making this again soon!!!

My dad will add ground cinnamon on top of the cake and it will add a extra punch of flavor to the cake. Tres leches cake is always a delight. I love your feed. Everything looks delicious.

I made this for our Eid celebration and it was the best cake of my life! I can’t wait for another occasion to make it again! I can’t explain how delicious the flavour is and the cake comes out so perfect for the milk syrup! Love love love! Thank you

Made that cake yesterday and it turned out just amazing!!!!! My finace and my relatives also love it!!! Thanks!!!

This is seriously close to my abuela recipe. I’m going to make it for her using this recipe and surprise her. She’s has dementia and I bet when she bites into this cake she’s gonna have a good day.

I prepared it today for Mother’s day celebration, following your instructions, and it was a successful and delicious dessert! Thank you!

This just happens to be one of my favorite cakes too! Every bite melts in your mouth, so yummy!!

My boyfriend proposed to me after this! Thank you!🥹

Oh my?! This looks amazing. Condensed milk and evaporated milk take me back to my childhood! They were yummy. I’ve so got to make this! Thank you John for sharing this recipe tutorial! 😊

I made this recipe yesterday as a gift to a coworker on her birthday!She loved it.She has a mouth-gasm.

*Happy Holidays Easter, and Ramadan. John Kanell has made every holiday a blessedly. I am proudly to be his 4 years ago alumnae ❤💙. MANY BLESSINGS Everyone!*

I made this for a Christmas Eve family lunch and it was amazing! The perfect dessert for this crowd!

I’ve been wanting to make this cake for Mother’s Day! Thanks!

I'm from Nicaragua and I love this cake so much, it's actually my mom's favorite, I'm thinking about making this for her birthday so thank you so much for the recipe, they're always amazing

I've cooked 3 of your recipes and they've been amazing! I'm super excited to try this one out, it's my husband's favorite and I wanna surprise him.

I have never wanted a tres leches cake more than i do right now! Great job 👏

I just got one from Trader Joe’s a couple of days ago and OMG it’s the best cake I’ve ever tasted it’s super moist, light, creamy and VERY DELICIOUS!! Looking forward to make it at home thank you! 😍

I love how u provide the recipes instead of just talking about the decoration like other bakers. Thank u so much for this awesome video! I'm a recent and proud subscriber.

Preppy kitchen is my go to channel when I want to make something new! Love the recipes and how easy everything is

My boyfriend tried this at a Peruvian restaurant and told me it was the best cake he's ever had. I am baking it now (last weekend he came with me to a congress and so I wasn't there all alone and I want to thank him) and my kitchen smells amazing, can't wait to try it ❤

Hi Dear John… I finally made this tres leches cake since I got tired of buying a slice for $6 dollars. I made it and I can’t believe it was so good I’m impressed I actually made it .Thank you so much for explaining everything here and on your website.

Your descriptions make whatever you cook taste and look better. I live your videos. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

I made this for my Dad’s birthday! Everyone loved it 🩷 authentic and delicious. I was worried it was gonna be too sweet but it’s perfect :)

is it just me or people here also really watch his videos just for the sake of watching gives genuine joy b/c he really nails it explaining the recipe .

I imagine John would lend himself so well to an animated series! He has such an expressive face and the perfect crooked smile, so random but I of course mean this in the best possible way ☺️🤓

Your smile is so infectious! I'm making lemon strawberry cupcakes for easter! (lemon cupcakes with strawberry buttercream) thank you for all the delicious recipes!!😋

This is one cake that EVERYONE loves! Thank for sharing as always!

I tried this recipe. Amazingly good and pure. Tres leches should be as simple as possible, as this amazing dude is showing. This cake is so good it doesn't really need anything special.

Thank you for this recipe! This cake is awesome. Made it for our Bible Study group who slicked it down double time. Everyone LOVED it. I’ve never had a better Tres Leches. And now I can do it myself. pre-ordering your book now.

That looks incredible! Can’t wait for your cookbook!

I have done this recipe so many times. Thanks for your clear explanations

I had this over the weekend for a Easter dessert, it was so good, one of my favorites and I am going to try this recipe.

My ten year old girl learns how to make your amazing brownies from you 🤗 And my husband make your awesome crepes recipe my family loves your videos 😘saludos and God Blas you 😇

My mum has a mexican cook book, she made this cake since I was a child we call it three milk cake. Absolutely love this cake, it has been a family favourite. I'm from Australia and it's not known that well here

This cake looks delicious.... I made your Lemon Bars last night, they turned out great!! I impressed myself, lol, I even made the sugar with the lemon zest.. Wow,, never knew I could do that.❤️ Happy Easter to You and your Family.. Much Love from the West Coast 🇨🇦😘❤️

My daughter always prefers these tres leches cakes for her birthdays. Speaking of coffee, I’m a person who’s always needed something sweet for breakfast. So once I started drinking coffee I realized I could drink it sweet to keep myself from eating too much sugar or fatty foods in the morning. Thanks for the recipes & tips as always!

John we love you!! Ahh thank you for the wonderful recipes as always. Happy Easter to you and your family! 💐🐣❤️

This morning I saw a girls video making tres leches before her uber eats order arrived so I thought “mmmh, I should make a tres leches cake”. I searched for your old recipe but I doubted, because it was very different to other recipes I had saw. And then you post this video JUST IN TIME. So happy

Ugh love your cooking videos , thank you for sharing your cooking skills and recipes ❤

Love your recipes and an extra thank you for your tips!! They are truly helpful to me!!!

I remember one gathering at church, a member made a cinco (5) leches cake. I never had of it, but it was like a dream. The whipped topping made it that much better. 🥲 And this recipe brings the temptation for a tres leches cake and that memory!

I lived this cake, definitely will cook it. I love you're descendent of Mexican people, we rock‼️I love your recipes, darling.

I recently made this cake based off your first tres leches cake video. My family loved it!

Cool! I’ll definitely try it! I’m exited to bake it for my grand parents, because every time when they come I bake one of your recipes and they always find it so delicious!✨♥️

it looks sooo good

I like how you changed the editing. Keep changing but whatever you do, your videos will still be AMAZING. Your personality gives me joy.Thank you!

The best cake I’ve ever made. Thank you so much for the recipe.🎉

Just made it!!! Came out perfect! Thank you so much for the quick and easy video🤗

I made this today and it is delicious! The whole family took a slice home! Great recipe! ♥️

OMG! that's a wonderful surprise, that your mom is from Mexico!!! She must be so proud of you for making this. Me a Mexican in Michigan hasn't attempted to make this delicious cake. I love your recipes and I am sure I will try this. Thanks, better said gracias! PD. My favorite way to have condensed milk is with pancakes😋😘

In Puerto Rico tres leches cake is a must every time we go to the Bakery or Panadería ❤ It makes me so happy to see how much you enjoy making this recipe ☺️

Thank you for sharing this tres leche cake recipe, John! It’s delicious! One suggestions for the syrup: you could add 1/4 - 1/2 cup of dark rum. It would give the cake a bit extra flavor and a bit booze. It’s a suggestion from my husband and tested well amongst people who tried my cake.

I made this cake for my boyfriend's birthday and it was perfect! he and his whole family loved it!

John!!! OMG!!! I love you. Told my daughters that you are my KZfaq bestie. I love all of your recipes. I just made this with my daughter and it is perfect. The best tres leches cake. It is even better than Porto's Bakery. Thank you so much.

1. This video convinced me that I can bake this cake. 2. Sweetened condensed milk in iced coffee is better than ANY Starbucks drink!

You make baking soooo much fun. The cake looks scrumptious! Definitely will try it. Thank you for your effort on the video. By the way, congrats on your book!

I was planning to cook Tres Leches and now I have the right recipe!

This cake is delicious! I made it for the first time and success! Thanks so much! Love this recipe!!

Made this today. So delicious. Thanks John.

I made this cake twice already and it came out delicious I am very glad I chose your video for the recipe as it's simple with clear instructions.Thanks you so much

I am a new cake maker and this recipe along with the explanation was simply perfect. Thank you so very much!

My favorite cake ever!!! Sometimes I add Baileys or eggnog to the milks mixture before add it to the cake and it tastes amazing!!!! Warm regards from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

I made this cake…it came out so tasty….at first it felt a lil dry like it needed more Milk….but still tasted delicious…oh boy but by the next day it was way better and moist literally everywhere😋😋😋 Thank you John!!

I tried this recipe, NGL it came out super delicious and it looks incredible. Thank you ❤ Looking forward to try many of your recipes 💫

Oh am absolutely going to try this recipe. Looks gorgeous

My second most favorite kind of cake! Strawberry cake is my #1 ! Thank you so much!

I remember buying this at my local bakery in Puerto Rico. I was searching for a recipe to make my sister in law a simple but delicious cake and had forgotten about tres leches. Definitely making this one for her!

My favorite cake - I'm drooling 🤤

Thanks for the recipe. Tried it for the first time, came out very well❤️

El mejor pastel ! Gracias John! 🥳

Thank you for the bonus information a lot of chefs and bakers don’t share to much of their recipes.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍💐✌️

Never much cared for this cake however I am going to attempt to bake this cake tomorrow for my Daughter's College Graduation. Thank you inspiring me! Keep the videos coming.

You won’t find a better recipe than this! Thank you so much for kindly sharing ❤

There was something about your personality that stroke me as sassy but in a reaaaally subtle way, which is something I love about this channel, and now that you said you’re half Mexican it all makes perfect beautiful sense!

Muchas gracias por tu receta. ¡Se ve delicioso ese pastel!

I tried your recipe, it was the best Tres Leches Cake I had. Thanks for explaining the recipe in details.

Made this today & it turned out to be good! Thank you for this sumptuous recipe!

Si es muy muy BUENO, Gracias Juan Happy Easter to you & yours 🐇🐣🐣🐇

That looks gorgeous

My all time favorite cake because it's not too sweet,and the fresh whip cream and fruit are so delicious on top the moist,yummy cake😍😍

My first time watching one of your videos and I can easily feel your love and passion for cooking 💗 i like it

My mom loved this cake! I was going to buy a tres leches cake for her birthday but then I saw this recipe. I was worried that I didnt have a metal pan. I baked in a glass 9x13. It took longer but it still cake out perfectly.

I made this for a family gathering and it was perfect! My father in law is Mexican so my husbands family is pretty particular the tres leches. My husband said it was the best tres leches he ever had, not too sweet. 🎉

Delicious 😋 you do amazing job.and thanks for teaching us different way to do it easy way

Tried this today,came out really delicious 😋😋😋..thank you for the amazing recipe

You are awesome 👏 I love how you explain and demonstrate everything so clearly! I definitely feel empowered to make one now ❤thank you - I will buy your book! 😊😊😊

I am a chocolate dessert lover and this cake beats them all! WOW! Thank you ❤

Oh my heavens, looks so good. I have changed my mind about the dessert that I was planning on making today ❤️🙋‍♀️🇨🇦

I'm definitely pre ordering your book. Your pumpkin muffin recipe was amazing! They were so light and tasted amazing! Love from the UK x

You explained so easily, I will be making it for sure.