Tres Leches cake

Tres leches is three milks in Spanish.  A light and fluffy sponge cake soaked in mixture of 3 kinds of milk is moist and delicious. This is a very popular dessert in Latin America.

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups all purpose flour or Maida.

5 eggs

2 sticks/ 1 cup butter at room temperature

1 ½ tsp baking powder

1 cup sugar

1 tsp salt

1 cup heavy cream

1 cup evaporated milk

½ cup condensed milk

1 tsp vanilla essence.

Method:

Preheat oven at 325° F.

Whisk together all purpose flour, salt and baking powder and set aside.

In a large bowl beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy.

Add eggs, Vanilla essence and mix well. Now slowly add flour mixture and mix well.

In greased 9 inch pan pour the batter and bake at 325 ° F for 40 to 45 min check if cake is done by inserting a knife in the center of the cake, if it comes out clean then the cake is done. Once the cake is done let it cool down for few min. now poke the top of all over the cake with a fork.

Mix together heavy cream, evaporated milk and condensed milk. Now pour this mixture over the cake and refrigerate it.

Sever with your favorite topping.

Enjoy!