Hot Milk Cake
Hot Milk Cake
Recently, my dad celebrated his birthday. These days, since I’ve discovered a love for cooking and baking, it only makes sense for me to bake something every time a family member or close friend has a birthday.
As long as I can remember (and probably since before I was born), my dad’s favorite cake has been this Hot Milk Cake. Known as such because, you guessed it, it uses hot milk as one of the main ingredients. It’s a slightly dense, moist cake, with a delicious caramelized frosting. Although it is fantastic fresh out of the oven, it’s even better if you let it sit for a few hours and allow the cake to soak up some of the frosting.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 c granulated sugar
- 1 c all-purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 c milk
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2/3 c brown sugar
- 1/4 c heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 c unsweetened, shredded coconut
- 1/2 c walnuts, chopped
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Cooking Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Line an 8″ square cake pan with parchment paper.
- Beat eggs until light and thick.
- Slowly add sugar.
- Beat with a spoon for 5 minutes, or 2 1/2 minutes with an electric mixer.
- Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together, then fold into the egg and sugar mixture all at once.
- Heat the milk in a saucepan until it is hot but not boiling.
- Melt 1 tbsp of butter into the hot milk.
- Add all at once to mixture. The folding in of dry ingredients and adding milk should take only 1 minute.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
- To make the frosting, combine 6 tbsp of melted butter, brown sugar, cream, coconuts, walnuts, and vanilla extract.
- Spread the frosting over the warm cake.
- Brown the top of the frosted cake lightly in a broiler.
- Enjoy!
Wendy 03/09/2009 at 12:41pm
Your cake looks absolutely amazing. Great job!
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Nate 03/09/2009 at 01:14pm
Does the hot milk do something different chemically than cold milk?
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jlo 03/10/2009 at 08:51pm
Yet again I am annoyed that none of this will make its way into the office…
Allison 03/12/2009 at 02:22am
Wendy – Thanks!
Nate – I would assume so, though I’m certainly not about to waste the ingredients to test making the cake with cold milk.
jlo – This was made for my dad’s birthday, so it all went to my dad… sorry. 😉
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A_Boleyn 04/18/2016 at 09:10am
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a hot milk cake though I’ve heard of a cake recipe in which boiling water is poured over the ingredients.
It sounds delicious though I do have some questions about the ingredients list: whipping or table cream, shredded, dessicated or fresh, sweetened or unsweetened coconut. And do you chop the walnuts coarsely or finely, or does it matter?
Allison 04/18/2016 at 11:03am
A_Boleyn – You can tell this is a really old recipe/blog post from how well I wrote the recipe! 😉
Whipping cream, desiccated unsweetened coconut, I usually chop the walnuts coarsely but it probably doesn’t matter that much. I’ve also updated the recipe to reflect those details.
A_Boleyn 04/18/2016 at 02:22pm
Thank you for the clarification. It looks worth giving a try. 🙂