Tres Leches Cake

This cake will literally knock your socks off. It is SOOO good! Sometimes I read ingredients to recipes and think, ugh, just reading this is grossing me out. You may think that with this cake, but get past that and make it! It is worth making and eating at special occasions. You will begin to come with more and more special occasions in which you need to make this; I promise. I straight up stole my recipe off of Martha Stewart from Pinterest. I am claiming nothing amazing of my own. Here it goes...

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup (1 stick) melted and cooled butter
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
5 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 (14oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12oz) can evaporated milk
1 cup whole milk

WHIPPED TOPPING (you will not regret making this from scratch)
2 cups (1 pint) heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Cut up seasonal fruit (1 peach and 1/2 a pint of blueberries was plenty)

1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9x13 pan. In a small pot melt butter on the stove top, allow to cool. Meanwhile in a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
2. In a large bowl use electric mixers to beat eggs and sugar. Beat on high for 4 minutes, until pale and thick. (Mine never got thick, but it was fine.) Add vanilla and beat. With mixers on low, gradually add flour mixture and beat to combine.

Alex helping to poke holes

3. With a rubber spatula fold in cooled butter until incorporated. Transfer to baking dish and bake 30-35 min until toothpick comes out clean. Rotate half way through (this has got to be a Martha thing, but I did it too.)
4. In a medium bowl whisk three milks (tres leches) until combined. Once cake is finished, immediately poke holes throughout with a wooden skewer. Pour the milk mixture over the cake and let cool for 1 hour.
5. To make the whipped topping, combine heavy cream, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric mixers until thick, about 3-4 minutes. Spread on cooled cake and garnish with fresh fruit. Refrigerate until ready to serve.