Tres Leches Cake ( Three Milk Cake)

When I went to New York this summer, I tried a TON of different food. One of the last restaurants I went to was a Cuban restaurant near my friends apartment in Union Square. I had never had Cuban food before and its deelish. I also had Tres Leches Cake for the very first time and…I am in love.

What drew me to the cake at first is simply the name of the cake. By now you should know I love milk, so I am naturally drawn to anything milk related. You can probably imagine my excitement when I saw THREE milk cake on the menu!

Tres Leches cake is basically a cake that is SOAKED through and through almost soggy with three types of milk. It is also adorned with whipped cream or a milky thick cream layer AND whipped cream and some type of fruit (usually mango).

I need to try and make the cake again so that it isnt so dense and its more spongy so that it will soak up even more of the milk. This was a cake a bit more complicated to make, but totally completely worth it!! It uses whole milk, condensed milk, and evaporated milk (im salivating at the thought!). I also decided to skip the creamy layer over the cake because I didnt want the cake to be too sweet. I will definitely make this cake again soon, since my mom’s “stash” in the fridge is quickly running low!