Notes: The whipped cream in this recipe is stabilized with unflavored gelatin and cream cheese—feel free to omit those ingredients if you expect the cake to go in one sitting. This recipe can be halved. If doing so, bake the... More

The first bite of tres leches cake that Rose Levy Beranbaum tasted stopped her in her tracks—it was one of the best things she had ever tasted. Coming from a woman who has written volumes on the subject of cake, this proclamation is not to be taken lightly. And if you've ever experienced the sweet joy that is tres leches cake, I'm sure you know exactly what she's talking about. More