Tres Leches Cake!

Hey guys! So this is one of my most favooorite desserts ever. I love cakes that are super moist and wet. what? yeah that sounds weird, dont judge me yet. Two cakes that I absolutely die for are pineapple upside down cake and tres leches cake. Pineapple upside down cake has tons of juice and sugary caramel goodness from the pineapples and brown sugar. On the other hand the tres leches cake, oh dear lord, is literally just drenched in three kinds of milks ( hence tres leches). Its a super light, absorbant, and moist Mexican cake. I know that this type of cake has had its spinoffs and people have started to make poke cake & betterthanse* cake. But lets forget those for a moment and lets make this Tres Leches!

I got this recipe from The Pioneer Woman show on Food Network, Ree Drummond. I love her, i think she's such a wholesome and bright person. And her recipes are fun and easy too!

Tres Leches Cake

Cake:

• 5 eggs
• 1 cup flour
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup of regular whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Tres Leches Secret, uh I mean the milk mixture:

• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 can condensed milk
• 1/3 cup regular whole milk
• 1/2 pint heavy cream, for topping ( must be cold)
• Optional fruit, strawberries & cream anyone? :0

Directions:

1. Mix your dry ingredients together (except sugar), your flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl
2. Separate your egg yolks from the egg whites, each in a separate bowl
3. In a mixer, beat your egg yolks with 3/4 of the 1 cup of sugar, beat until pale yellow
4. Add in your milk and then the vanilla extract, mix. I like to add in a splash of extra milk, about 3 tablespoons or so for extra moistness :) Take this mixture and place it into a large bowl.
5. Add in your egg whites into a clean mixing bowl. We want to whip these whites so use a whisk attachment. Beat for about 2-3 minutes on high speed, just until soft peaks form. Add in the remaining sugar and mix it in well into the whites. Don't the egg whites just become a dream? I love watching the eggs whites whip up!
6. Gently fold the fluffy egg whites into the flour mixture until combined. Try not to lose too much volume of the egg whites while folding in. Make sure that it is all combined.
7. Transfer into a rectangular pan sprayed with Pam and bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes. 
8. Place on a platter with raised sides when baking is complete and let the cake completely cool or it will not work, i mean it wont taste good. Once cooled, take a fork and poke the top of the cake and cover it in a gazillion holes
9. Mix together your evaporated milk, condensed milk, and some regular whole milk for some richness. You don't need to add the whole can of condensed milk, I add in just more than half the can or else I find that it gets too sweet for me and I get in trouble for giving everyone diabetes. Adjust to your preferred sweetness :)
10. Pour this mixture on top of the cake slowly, sloowly. you must do this slowly and let the cake absorb as you pour. Dont worry if all the milk doesnt seem to absorb, leave the cake for a half hour and the milk will be mostly if not totally absorbed.
11. Whip up the heavy cream (make sure it is cold) and add in about 2-3 teaspoons of sugar for just the right sweetness. Spread over the top of the cake, ahhh heavenly!!
12. Top it off with some of your desired your fruit, i used strawberries because i dont know, strawberries and cream sounds like an awesome combo to me :)
13. Chill the cake if desired before eating, or just dig right in. I give it a while for the milk to really seep in. Enjoy!

Naema