Tres Leches by Brooke

This is not healthy, but definitely delicious!  For those not familiar with tres leches, it is basically an eggy, vanilla cake that is soaked in a mixture of 3 milks, hence the name.  It is super easy to make, you just have to make it ahead of time as it has to sit in the fridge for a good 12 hours or so. I found this recipe from http://masaassassin.blogspot.com/

And I'm warning you....you will become addicted to this cake.  It is so good.  

Tres Leches

for the cake:
5 eggs
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

for the liquidy stuff:
2 cups whole milk
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated fat free milk
Dash of cinnamon  
for the topping:
1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
powdered sugar
1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped out (or you could use 1 tsp. or so vanilla extract)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Sift flour and baking powder together and set aside.
Cream butter and 1 cup sugar together until fluffy.
Add eggs and the 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat well.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture 2 tablespoons at a time; mix until well blended. Grease and flour baking pan, pour batter into prepared pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.

Combine the whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk together. Add a dash of cinnamon.  Pierce entire cake with toothpicks.
Pour over the top of the cooled cake.
Let cake absorb all the liquid.  I let it sit in the fridge overnight.

Just before serving, whip the cream and add vanilla bean seeds and powdered sugar.  I don't like the cream too sweet, as the cake with all that leches is quite sweet itself.  But do what you want.
I also like to serve it with some fresh raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, whatever.  It's good with some fresh fruit on the side though.  Oh yeah, if you are even semi lactose intolerant, this cake will give you the toots :)

happy eating!