Some bakeries earn their reputation one slice at a time. Word spreads slowly, then all at once, and suddenly people are driving across county lines for a single cake.
Alabama has a small Latin bakery doing exactly that, and the tres leches cake is the reason everyone keeps coming back. It is the kind of dessert that ruins every other version you try after it.
Light, soaked through, perfectly balanced, and made from scratch by people who grew up eating the real thing. The smell alone is enough to make you forget whatever else you had planned for the afternoon…