Domican Republic: Tres Leches Cake

The Dish: Tres Leches
The Country: The Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation after Cuba.

ugh. the picture is backwards. oh well.

Ingredients:
cake:
1 3/4 cups of flour
3 eggs
1 tsp baking power
1 cup butter (softened)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar


toppings:
1 cup whipping cream
2 cups condensed milk
2 cups evaporated milk
1/3 cup sugar

whipped cream.

Procedure:
Preheat oven to 350°
Grease a medium size cake pan
Mix the butter and sugar until creamy.  Beat in eggs, vanilla, baking powder, and flour.
Bake for 35 minutes.

For the topping cream stuff:
mix evaporated and condensed milks.  set aside.
Beat whipping cream and 1/3 cup sugar until you form stiff peaks. 
When the cake is done cooking, pour a little bit of the milk mixture on top.  Place in fridge.  Add more of the condensed/ evaporated milk mix every few minutes (let each pour absorb fully before adding the next).
When ready to eat: slice the cake into small squares.  Pour a little bit of the remaining milk mix on top.  Add some whipped cream.

I haven't quite mastered the art of beautiful presentation....

Notes: This is one of my favorite cakes. Ever. I was kind of intimidated to try it, but I only ended up messing up a little bit.  I totally forgot baking powder and had to take the cake out of the oven and add it! So, the cake was a little stiffer than it should have been. 
Rating: 3.99999