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The Best Tres Leches Cakes in Toronto

Christine Peddie

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Christine Peddie

The Best Tres Leches Cakes in Toronto

The best tres leches cakes in Toronto are sweet, creamy, satisfying desserts everyone should try. Made of delicate sponge cake soaked in a vanilla-scented mixture of evaporated and condensed milks mixed with heavy cream, this cake is one of Latin American's most popular exports.

Though Toronto is home to a few unique takes on tradition -- with flavours like matcha, piña colada and coffee tres leches -- most of these sweets pay tribute to the way the dessert has always been made. A homey classic, tres leches cake may not be the city's most photogenic dinner finale. Still, with a taste that has garnered generations of devotees, there's plenty of reason to seek out the city's best tres leches cakes.

Super Empanada

At Super Empanada, you'll find a trio of tasty treats to go along with the shop's namesake savouries. The tres leches, infused with the flavours of a piña colada -- everyone's favourite tropical tipple -- is a welcome take on tradition.

Super Empanada

At Super Empanada, you'll find a trio of tasty treats to go along with the shop's namesake savouries. The tres leches, infused with the flavours of a piña colada -- everyone's favourite tropical tipple -- is a welcome take on tradition.

The Annex

111 Dupont St

Playa Cabana

Available through Uber Eats, DoorDash and SkipTheDishes, Playa Cabana's tres leches cake is a vanilla- and milk-soaked pound cake coated in whipped cream and drizzled with light caramel sauce.

Playa Cabana

The Annex

111 Dupont St

Available through Uber Eats, DoorDash and SkipTheDishes, Playa Cabana's tres leches cake is a vanilla- and milk-soaked pound cake coated in whipped cream and drizzled with light caramel sauce.

Queen West

247 Queen St W

Mi Taco Taqueria - Queen

Drenched in three milks, the tres leches cake at Mi Taco is a rich ending to a meal of the restaurant's authentic guacamole, tacos and burritos.

Mi Taco Taqueria - Queen

Queen West

247 Queen St W

Drenched in three milks, the tres leches cake at Mi Taco is a rich ending to a meal of the restaurant's authentic guacamole, tacos and burritos.

La Morena

To make their classic tres leches cake, the team at La Morena soaks airy sponge cake in a sweet, creamy mixture of milks and tops the lot with whipped cream. Looking for something new? On occasion, the kitchen cooks up flavoured tres leches, including coffee and matcha versions.

La Morena

To make their classic tres leches cake, the team at La Morena soaks airy sponge cake in a sweet, creamy mixture of milks and tops the lot with whipped cream. Looking for something new? On occasion, the kitchen cooks up flavoured tres leches, including coffee and matcha versions.

Gaucho Pie Co.

Gaucho Pie Co.'s tres leches cake -- soaked in the requisite blend of milks, topped with dulce de leche, whipped cream, toasted coconut, and an alfajor cookie -- proves that two desserts are always better than one.

Gaucho Pie Co.

Gaucho Pie Co.'s tres leches cake -- soaked in the requisite blend of milks, topped with dulce de leche, whipped cream, toasted coconut, and an alfajor cookie -- proves that two desserts are always better than one.

Frisaca

Open for takeout and deliveries, Frisaca's pastel de tres leches is the best way to end a meal of Mexican tacos, quesadillas and more.

Frisaca

Open for takeout and deliveries, Frisaca's pastel de tres leches is the best way to end a meal of Mexican tacos, quesadillas and more.

Kensington Market

277 Augusta Ave

El Trompo

Mexican

Ask for the cake of the day at El Trompo and you might be lucky enough to find fresh-baked, creamy tres leches on the menu.

El Trompo

Kensington Market

277 Augusta Ave

Ask for the cake of the day at El Trompo and you might be lucky enough to find fresh-baked, creamy tres leches on the menu.

Mexican

Distillery District

18 Tank House Lane

El Catrin

At El Catrin, the tres leches consists of vanilla cake soaked in syrup made with evaporated and condensed milk along with heavy cream. Don't let the modern plating fool you; the flavour here is pure tradition.

El Catrin

Distillery District

18 Tank House Lane

At El Catrin, the tres leches consists of vanilla cake soaked in syrup made with evaporated and condensed milk along with heavy cream. Don't let the modern plating fool you; the flavour here is pure tradition.

Dulcinella

Perfect for a larger group, Dulcinella's tres leches cake is a Venezuelan version topped with meringue.

Dulcinella

Perfect for a larger group, Dulcinella's tres leches cake is a Venezuelan version topped with meringue.

Ave Maria Latin Cafe

Available for takeout, preorder pickup through Ritual or delivery through Uber Eats and DoorDash, Ave María's Mexican-style tres leches is a classic, creamy, addictive version of the popular dessert.

Ave Maria Latin Cafe

Available for takeout, preorder pickup through Ritual or delivery through Uber Eats and DoorDash, Ave María's Mexican-style tres leches is a classic, creamy, addictive version of the popular dessert.