Peach Bourbon Tres Leches Cake makes a wonderful make ahead dessert for a summer get together. It is cool and creamy and fabulously rich with a layer of sliced fresh peaches and a little bourbon to add another flavor dimension.
Since this Tres Leches Cake has bourbon in it, it is best for an adult party. 🙂
What Is Tres Leches Cake?
Tres Leches Cake is a popular Mexican and Latin American dessert in which a sponga cake is soaked with 3 kinds of milk. The cake gets baked, usually in a 9×13-inch baking dish. Once baked, holes are poked in it and the 3 milk mixture is poured over it. It is then refrigerated so the cake has time to soak up the liquid. It is served topped with whipped cream.
Three different kinds of milk- evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and heavy cream, make this tres leches incredibly moist and rich.
A bed of sliced fresh peaches lays on top of the cake and then a heavenly layer of whipped cream covers the peaches.
There’s nothing not to love about peaches and cream.
Recipe Tips
You can peel your peaches or leave the skins on. I couldn’t decided which way I wanted them so I peeled half of them. 😉
If you want even more peach flavor, you could use Peach Schnapps instead of bourbon.
Nectarines or apricots can be used in place of peaches.
How To Serve
This Peach Bourbon Tres Leches Cake should be served chilled out of the refrigerator, making it an especially good dessert for a hot summer day.
How To Store
This cake will keep in the refrigerator for about 3 days.
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More Tres Leches Recipes
- Easy Tres Leches Cake
- Coffee Tres Leches
- Tres Leches Cake with Strawberries
- Crock Pot Tres Leches Bread Pudding
Peach Bourbon Tres Leches
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 eggs,, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar,, divided
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 4 to 5 peaches,, peeled if desired and sliced
Whipped Topping
- 2 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9X13-inch pan. Line pan with parchment paper and lightly butter it.
- Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
- Separate eggs and with an electric mixer beat egg yolks with 3/4 cup sugar on medium speed until pale and creamy, about 2 minutes. Beat in milk and vanilla.
- Using a clean and dry mixing bowl and beaters, beat egg whites starting on low speed and increasing to high speed. Beat until they reach soft peaks, about 2 to 3 minutes.
- With mixer on high, add 1/4 cup sugar in a steady stream to the egg whites. Continue to beat until firm peaks form.
- Working in thirds, fold in 1/3 of flour mixture and then 1/3 of egg whites into egg yolk mixture using a rubber spatula. Repeat 2 times.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Invert cake onto cooling rack, peel off parchment paper and let cool completely. Return cake to baking pan.
- In a medium bowl whisk together condensed milk, evaporated milk, 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, bourbon, and cinnamon.
- Prick cake all over with a fork and slowly pour bourbon mixture over the top of the cake.
- Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours of overnight.
- Cover top of cake with peach slices, saving a few slices for garnish.
- To make whipped topping, beat heavy cream with an electric mixer at medium speed. When it begins to thicken, slowly add sugar. Continue to beat until it holds firm peaks. Spread on top of cake.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe adapted from Fine Cooking.
Originally posted July 2, 2015.
I made it! Refrigerated over night, cake soaked in all th bourbon mixture and was perfectly moist. I like how the bottom comes out as thin layer but fluffy giving enough room for the generous amount of cream on top. I used 2 medium sized peaches and was more than enough. I will make it again and again! Thank you!
Can I use something besides alcohol? Can kids eat it lol.
What about using canned peaches ?
Yes, you should be able to use canned peaches that have been drained well.
YUM. This is just how a good tres lesches should be.. sweet and swimming in sweet milk!
You make the best desserts! I can’t get enough of peaches lately and with bourbon and in a tres leches cake? What a wonderful treat! It looks amazing!!
Oh talk about delicious! This is my kinda of dessert. It looks wonderful Christin! The touch of cinnamon would be just lovely.
Hmm peaches and bourbon, interesting combo and sounds like a dessert for all seasons! Peach for summer refresher and bourbon for a winter warmer