Tres leches is definitely one of the easiest desserts I’ve ever made — and it always turns out so good! It doesn’t really matter if you overcook the cake or add too much milk because it’s just so hard to mess up. This time, I didn’t follow a specific recipe since the process is simple: bake your cake batter and then make your milk mixture. Because this bake was for Valentine’s Day, I decided to go with a strawberry flavor! For the cake, I used a premade strawberry mix that smelled and tasted amazing. For the milk mix, I combined evaporated milk, regular milk, and sweetened condensed milk (any brand works). I also added a few drops of red food coloring to give the milk a soft pink color, as you can see in the picture below. Ingredients: - Cake mix (or make your own from scratch) - ¼ cup heavy cream - 1 can condensed milk - 1 can evaporated milk - ½ cup milk - Optional toppings (fruit, chocolate, etc.) Instructions: 1. Prepare your cake mix, or make your own from scratch. 2. Bake according to your recipe or box instructions. 3. Once baked, poke holes all over the cake with a fork. 4. Let it cool, then whisk together the evaporated milk, condensed milk, and regular milk. 5. Pour your milk mixture evenly over the cake. 6. While the milk absorbs, whip your heavy cream until fluffy. 7. Top with your whipped cream and enjoy! Now, the biggest part I messed up on was the whipped cream. My boyfriend had just moved out, and we didn’t have a stand mixer or even a hand mixer yet. Normally, you’d whip heavy cream until it thickens into that fluffy, airy texture, but since I couldn’t do that, I bought canned whipped cream instead. In the last photo, you can see how nice it looked at first… until it melted! I didn’t realize how fast whipped cream melts, even when kept in the fridge. So, lesson learned: always use heavy whipping cream for that pretty, stable consistency. After finishing the cakes, I topped them with fresh fruit. My friend Erick mentioned that my previous tres leches would taste great with fruit, so this time I added sliced strawberries and a few blueberries from the mix, and it turned out delicious. I give this recipe 4 out of 5 cactuses, only because of my whipped cream fail. But overall, everyone really enjoyed it! Tres leches has definitely become one of my staple desserts, and I can’t wait to make more in the future. Some flavors I really want to try next are Oreo, matcha, and red velvet.