Tres Leches Cake

A great tres leches—a sponge cake soaked with a mixture of “three milks" (heavy cream, evaporated milk, and sweetened condensed milk)—should be moist but not mushy. It should be sweet but not sickeningly so.

If using a standing mixer to beat the eggs in step 3, be sure to use the whisk attachment. The cake becomes more moist and dense as it sits.