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.

Moist…

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 c sugar
• 1 c flour
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 c milk
• 1 tbsp butter
• 6 tbsp melted butter
• 2/3 c brown sugar
• 1/4 c cream
• 1/2 c coconut
• 1/2 c walnuts
• 1/2 c vanilla extract

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350° F.
2. Line an 8″ square cake pan with wax paper.
3. Beat eggs until light and thick.
4. Slowly add sugar.
5. Beat with a spoon for 5 minutes, or 2 1/2 minutes with an electric mixer.
6. Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder together, then fold into the egg and sugar mixture all at once.
7. Heat the milk in a saucepan until it is hot but not boiling.
8. Melt 1 tbsp of butter into the hot milk.
9. Add all at once to mixture. The folding in of dry ingredients and adding milk should take only 1 minute.
10. Bake for 30 minutes.
11. To make the frosting, combine 6 tbsp of melted butter, brown sugar, cream, coconuts, walnuts, and vanilla extract.
12. Spread the frosting over the warm cake.
13. Brown the top of the frosted cake lightly in a broiler.
14. Enjoy!

… and delicious.