This is one of my favorite cakes and it was a lot easier to make then I thought it was going to be. This is not a healthy cake by any means, but it is soooo delicious!

Tres Leches Cake

• 1 cup All-purpose flour
• 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 5 whole eggs
• 1 cup sugar divided
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/3 cups milk
• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1/4 cups heavy cream

FOR THE ICING:

• 1 pint heavy cream, for whipping
• 3 tbsp sugar

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9x13 inch pan liberally until coated.


2.  Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Separate eggs.


3.  Beat egg yolks with 3/4 cup sugar on high speed until yolks are pale yellow. Stir in milk and vanilla. Pour   egg yolk mixture over the flour mixture and stir very gently until combined.

4.  Beat egg whites on high speed until soft peeks form.With the mixer on, pour in remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until egg whites are stiff but not dry.

5. Fold egg white mixture into the batter very gently until just combined. Pour into prepared pan and spread to even out the surface.

6.  Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Turn cake out onto a rimmed platter and allow to cool.

7.  Combine condensed milk, evaporated milk, and heavy cream in a small pitcher. When cake is cool, pierce the surface with a fork several times. Slowly drizzle all but about 1 cup of the milk mixture-try to get as much around the edges of the cake as you can.

8.  Allow the cake to absorb the milk mixture for 30 minutes. To ice the cake, whip 1 pint heavy cream with 3 tablespoons of sugar until thick and spreadable.

Spread over the surface of the cake. Decorate the cake with whatever fruit your heart desires. Cut into squares and serve.

*My pet peeve for the day - Buttons that are shaped like bows! Although Leda's new outfit that she got to wear today was adorable and very much appreciated, the buttons drove me insane! Bows do not fit well into button holes. What is usually an enjoyable morning routine with my daughter quickly became chaos as she tried to wriggle free from my grasp while I took a very long time attempting to button up her new outfit.

We will of course go through this again..probably several times, because the outfit is simply to cute and much to appreciated not dress her in it again and again...but whoever designed the bow buttons obviously does not have a 4 1/2 month old squirmy girl to get dressed in the morning.

Well worth the battle with the buttons :)