Mapapa-leche ka sa sarap!
Tres Leches is a Mexican cake that literally translates to three kinds of milk. Imagine an ultra-light, fluffy, and airy sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture that’s topped with cloud-like whipped cream and you will get the melt-in-your-mouth tres leches.
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On paper, there’s not much to it. It’s made with simple ingredients and seems basic. But they also did say that less is more. And we want more tres leches! Here, we list down 11 of our favorite places to get the milkiest tres leches cake in the metro that will guarantee heaven in every bite.
Milkrun Desserts
When it comes to tres leches cakes, Milkrun Desserts will probably be the first to come to mind. At Milkrun Desserts, you can get your tres leches fix in various flavors from classic, strawberry, cereal milk, ube, and even espresso crunch! Can’t decide? Get their assorted cake sampler set which includes their bestselling cereal milk tres leches and your choice of two cakes.
The Cloude Concept
Indulge in layers of dreamy sponge cake soaked in three types of milk, topped with fluffy whipped cream and luscious strawberries with The Cloude Concept’s Strawberry or Classic Tres Leches Cakes—all made with 100% natural flavors and ingredients. Each order of their tres leches cakes also comes with a complimentary signature furoshiki silk wrap making it the perfect gift to your loved ones.
Miuccia Luxe Cakes
Miuccia Luxe Cakes is a 100% vegan dessert boutique company based in Quezon City that focuses on creating wedding and celebration cakes and plant-based desserts that don’t sacrifice the flavor. Among their bestsellers include the Quattro Leches and Banoffee Pie.
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(0966) 382 4405
Kitchen No. 7
A crowd-favorite among foodies, Kitchen No. 7’s signature tres leches cake was originally the creator’s family recipe staple since 2015. It comes in four different sizes that are good for solo servings or sharing and starts at PHP 420. Apart from their tres leches cake, they also offer other homebaked and homecooked goodies like cookies and creamy mushroom lengua.
Fabulous Baker Boboy
We could not agree more with Fabulous Baker Boboy’s sentiment that cakes and desserts should be worth every calorie. And when it comes to tres leches, his version topped with either your choice of strawberries, kiwis, or cherries, is a crowd-favorite and considered one of the best in Manila.
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(0917) 623 6183
Flour Pot Manila
Flour Pot Manila makes one of the most beautiful and hard-to-resist cakes in Manila. But it’s not all aesthetics for this artisanal bakery, in fact, that’s just the icing on the cake. Their Strawberry Tres Leches Cake, for example, is not just a pretty face, it’s a really indulgent yet fresh cake that can easily be finished in one sitting. We guarantee you’ll be liking your forks and plates clean!
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(0916) 493 7488
Slice
Slice is a homegrown cafe most known for its freshly baked and indulgent cakes. From their wide array of choices, you can’t go wrong with their famed Tres Leches Cake. It’s one of their bestsellers and is one of the highly recommended tres leches cakes in the Metro! If you’re feeling a little extra, go for Love Affair, a combination of their Choco Yema and Tres Leches cake.
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(0966) 742 0714
Grace Park
Grace Park by Margarita Fores is a farm-to-table concept offering dishes made only from the freshest ingredients. Their Cuatro Leches & Berries is topped with strawberries and comes with an extra helping of milk making for an all-around indulgent yet fresh-tasting dessert to cap off your meal after a full-comfort dining experience.
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Ground Flr, One Rockwell
(0939) 934 7223
Wildflour Cafe & Bakery
Wildflour Cafe + Bakery offers international fare and specialty bread, cakes, coffee, and pastries that make for the perfect on-the-go breakfast or brunch snack. They’ve got two tres leches variants: classic and pistachio both of which are made with their delicious milky sponge cake and dulce de leche.
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The Sweet Life by Ange
If you’re a fan of food bazaars and market events, then you’ve probably already encountered Sweet Life by Ange. Aside from Tres Leches Leche Flan Cakes that come in Original, Ube, Tiramisu, and Strawberry, Sweet Life by Ange also offers made-to-order cakes for special occasions.
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(0917) 823 8198
Half Saints
Half Saints is a cozy yet forward restaurant that offers unique dishes and desserts that feature multi-cultural flavors yet embraces and celebrates everything Filipino. They are also quite famous for their decadent desserts like their Tres Leches Cake which is soaked overnight in 3 types of milk: dulce de leche, evaporated milk, and cream, then topped with clouds of whipped cream, edible flowers, and pistachio.
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The Ignacia Place, 62 Sgt. Esguerra Ave cor. Mother Ignacia Ave, Diliman
(0935) 933 0512
Cover image from @milkrun_ph | @janinamarachua
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