If you’re trying to cut calories and fat, you can always adapt dessert to be better for you! One of my favorites is this recipe for chocolate brownies with zucchini, and the other one that’s great for cookouts, birthday parties and even Cinco de Mayo, is this Coconut Lime Tres Leches Cake.

Coconut-Lime Tres Leches Cake

Recipe by El Mejor Nido

Ingredients for 12 servings:

• 1 box (18.25 ounces) white cake mix
• 3 limes
• 1 can (13.5 fluid ounces) light coconut milk
• 1 can (14 ounces) Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2/3 cup (5 fluid-ounce can) Evaporated Fat Free Milk
• 1/3 cup light rum (or to taste)
• 2 cups light whipped topping, thawed, or 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
• 1/2 cup shredded or flaked coconut, lightly toasted (optional)

Directions:

PREPARE cake mix according to package directions using egg whites; fold in grated peel from 1 lime. Bake in 13 x 9-inch baking pan for duration listed on package. Meanwhile, prepare tres leches mixture.

COMBINE coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and grated peel from 1 lime in large bowl; stir well. When cake tests done, remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.

POKE holes in cake with a long-tined fork every ½ inch. Carefully pour milk mixture over cake, spooning any pooled mixture along the sides over the top of the cake. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.

CUT the cake; top with dollop of whipped topping. Grate peel from remaining lime over cake; sprinkle with toasted coconut (or to achieve look in picture, use round biscuit cutters to cut cake, transfer to serving plate, then add toppings).

Coconut-Lime Tres Leches Cake

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With the end of summer heat kicking up and Hispanic heritage month (September) just around the corner, this makes this the perfect less-guilt dessert for Labor Day weekend's cookouts and celebrations. Especially if you love tres leches cake!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 12 servings

Ingredients

  

• 1 box 18.25 ounces white cake mix
• 3 limes
• 1 can 13.5 fluid ounces light coconut milk
• 1 can 14 ounces Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2/3 cup 5 fluid-ounce can Evaporated Fat Free Milk
• 1/3 cup light rum or to taste
• 2 cups light whipped topping thawed, or 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
• 1/2 cup shredded or flaked coconut lightly toasted (optional)

Instructions

 

• PREPARE cake mix according to package directions using egg whites; fold in grated peel from 1 lime. Bake in 13 x 9-inch baking pan for duration listed on package. Meanwhile, prepare tres leches mixture.
• COMBINE coconut milk, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and grated peel from 1 lime in large bowl; stir well. When cake tests done, remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
• POKE holes in cake with a long-tined fork every ½ inch. Carefully pour milk mixture over cake, spooning any pooled mixture along the sides over the top of the cake. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight.
• CUT the cake; top with dollop of whipped topping. Grate peel from remaining lime over cake; sprinkle with toasted coconut (or to achieve look in picture, use round biscuit cutters to cut cake, transfer to serving plate, then add toppings).