Tres Leches Cake

This authentic tres leches cake is rich, moist, and melt-in-your-mouth good. It’s made with a light and fluffy sponge cake soaked in a sweet milk mixture and topped with a billowy cloud of whipped cream.

Tres leches cake is a traditional Latin American dessert commonly served in Mexican restaurants. It’s a cake (typically a sponge cake) soaked in three different types of milk (evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, and heavy whipping cream), hence the name three milks cake in Spanish. It’s topped with a lightly sweetened whipped cream and a dusting of ground cinnamon as well.

• 5 large eggs, separated
• 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar, divided
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
• 1 & 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt

• 12 oz (1 can) evaporated milk
• 14 oz (1 can) sweetened condensed milk
• 1/4 cup whipping cream, from the pint below

• 1 pint (16 oz) whipping cream, divided (1/4 cup for milk mixture)
• 3 tbsp powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• ground cinnamon for sprinkling