Excited you’re trying out the Tres Leches Cake! For this type of cake, you can use either a Pyrex or a metal baking pan. Metal pans generally heat up faster and can help the cake bake evenly, but a Pyrex dish works well too if you prefer to see the layers as they soak up the milk mixture.

You should grease the pan lightly to ensure the cake releases easily after baking. Most tres leches cakes are cooled and then soaked with the milk mixture in the same pan they were baked in, which helps absorb all that milky goodness. Just be sure to let it cool completely before adding the milk mixture.

No worries about the questions—that’s what I’m here for! Enjoy baking

It’s typical for a traditional tres leches cake to have a sponge cake base, which usually doesn’t include oil or fat. This helps the cake absorb the milk mixture better, giving it that wonderful moist texture.