Tres Leches Bread Pudding Recipe (2024)

I inadvertently added the 2 cups of cream into the mixture. Cursing, I allowed an extra 5 minutes with the foil on to compensate. The result was truly spectacular and this is now our household's favourite dish!

Made this yesterday. Used 1 less egg yolk, added 1 cup stale cinnamon bread and 1/2 tsp cinnamon. It was delicious.

I followed the recipe but I add 1 can of sweetened condensed milk instead of 1 cup. I also add raisins and sliced almonds. Baked for 30 minutes covered with foil and 45 minutes uncovered. Superb!!!!

Made this recipe exactly. Instant hit. The middle was just a bit underdone (it was a bit cumbersome to get the foil off to check the middle in the first step), but the whole dessert got rave reviews. This dessert is sweet, but I would say on the lower end of sweet. If you like very sweet desserts, maybe add powdered sugar to the whipped cream. I ate most of mine without whipped cream as I thought it was perfect as baked. Will make again for sure. Vanilla ice cream might be a great add on.

My guess is sweetened condensed milk since there is no other added sugar and it is a dessert. I have made tres leches cake and the cake batter is sweet. I will try this recipe with brioche bread.

This is a good recipe that I would serve for breakfast with fruit. I didn't get much of a tres leche flavor. It was more like a really yummy french toast. I think I either need staler bread (to add more texture) or maybe add toasted slice almonds or something crunchy to break up the texture.The condensed milk drizzle really made this yummy...but maybe that is what condensed milk does to anything you add it to?

Evaporated and condensed milk aren't the same thing, even if evaporated milk is sweetened.

Sweetened condensed milk and condensed milk are used interchangeably - they are the same thing. The thick sweetened milk. Sounds like the only sweetness comes from the condensed milk.

I sweetened the whipped cream with sweetened condensed milk and salted lightly. Also added generous amounts of cinnamon to the pudding. It was incredible!

Extremely rich and decadent, but not too sweet. I didn't get much of the traditional tres leches flavor, which was a disappointment.I couldn't find unflavored brioche at my grocery, and I wasn't willing to make two stops, so I subbed in challah. It was great! Made in a 13x9 (used ~1lb of bread and all of the custard) and cooked in a shallow pan of water (probably would have been better with a taller water bath).

Loved it! My brioche bread was very fresh, so I dried out the bread cubes in the oven for 15 minutes at 325 before soaking.

For those looking to make this recipe a little sweeter - I adjusted the milks so I could use up some cans leftover from the seis leches cake. I used 1 c of a mix of sweetened condensed milk and sweetened condensed coconut milk, an extra 1/2 c of evaporated milk in addition to the 12oz can, then used heavy cream to make up the rest of the milk. Turned out great. Also topped with dulce de leche made from another can of sweetened condensed milk to add a little more sweetness. Needs cinnamon though!

This was great. Everybody loved it! Thank you!

This was good but some acidity would’ve taken it over the top! If next time, tidbits of drained pineapple would do nicely, perhaps coconut condensed milk in lieu of regular

Do you think this dessert could be cooked, cooled, frozen, and then reheated?

Oh, panettone! Another delicious fate for you!

Like another poster, I used all the heavy cream and skipped the whole milk. It was wonderful, the hit of the party, tres leches flavor without having to do the baking. Definitely a keeper.

Excellent cake and quite easy to make.

Delicious, but I didn’t bother with a water bath and it turned out fine. I hate using them and most recipes for bread pudding don’t require one. I baked at 350F for 25 with foil on, removed foil, then baked another 30 or so mins. Used a 9x13” pan and just used more bread (french bread without crusts as I had some that was stale). This makes plenty of custard for that size pan.

Served by Raye and Bill Leith with sliced strawberries.

This is really a delicious recipe, and could be made even better with a bit of a nostalgic flair.My partners grandmother used to make tres leches for him all the time, and she’d add strawberries on top. So we modified the recipe a bit:-Add cinnamon and all spice to the egg and milk mixture (we did 1 tblsp cinnamon, 1 tsp all spice)-We macerated some strawberries with lemon juice / sugar, and poured the syrup into the whipped cream and added the strawberries on top Yum!

I followed the instructions exactly but also added into the milk mixture the finely grated rind of two oranges and I sprinkled about 100 gr of dark chocolate onto the brioche (I didn't weigh it - I am guessing). It was utterly delicious. To be honest I think it might have been a tiny bit dull without these flavourings.

I've made this with two-day-old brioche buns. We love the texture, and will probably never go back to cake.

Do people think this be made the day before and then served for say Easter brunch dessert?

Really quite delicious. Big hit at the party. The only thing was this took FOREVER to cook and we raised the temperature to 400ºF to cook it faster.

In the top 3 of my bread pudding recipes..#1 favorite of 4 out of 5. The drizzle of condensed milk was a nice finish to the dish