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tres leches

American  
[trays laychays] / ˈtreɪs ˈleɪtʃeɪs /

noun

  1. a Latin American cake made with whole, condensed, and evaporated milks.


adjective

  1. (of cake or dessert) made with whole, condensed, and evaporated milks.

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Back at Chainsaw the friends drink their iced lattes, they eat their beautiful chocolate milk tres leches in a coupe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

Doce Donut Co., scheduled to open by May 6 in Fremont, will serve doughnuts with Latin American flavors such as hot Mexican chocolate and tres leches, using a 24-hour raised brioche dough.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023

At least the tres leches cake is a baked good.

From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2022

And the episode’s final test, what Netflix calls “an airy tres leches cake” — which is like saying “a flaky bagel” — is rendered unrecognizable by the injunction to layer and stack it.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2022

“Really?” he said as he looked up, a piece of tres leches dangling from his mouth.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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