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Hot Milk Cake

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Vanilla hot milk cake dusted with powdered sugar on a flat surface. (banner image)
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World Milk Day Special
Hot Milk Cake
Recipe

80 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
9
Ingredients
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World Milk Days calls for everything that uses milk in it, and what else but a hot milk cake recipe for this occasion? It is a retro-style American cake: a simple vanilla sponge cake baked in a Bundt pan. A pan, loaf tin, or tube pan of equal volume can be used instead of the bundt pan, with some adjustments to the baking time. While it might sound daunting, it is a fairly simple cake recipe. World Milk Day, celebrated on 1st June every year, is the perfect occasion to bake this hot milk cake. The occasion was established by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation in 2001 to highlight the importance of milk as a food and its role in supporting the livelihoods of many. This hot milk cake is a fitting tribute for this day, and unlike most recipes that use milk as an afterthought, this one uses it as a star. As for its history, hot milk cake dates back to the American Great Depression, when families had to use whatever they had, especially simple ingredients like milk, for celebratory occasions. Birthdays were one of those special occasions where every last drop of their day's milk was used to produce something special. But it was mentioned in cookbooks in 1911, and it's worth a try this World Milk Day.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
2 cupsAll-purpose flour
2 tspBaking powder
1 tspSalt
½ cupButter
1 cupMilk
2 tspVanilla extract
4Eggs (room temperature)
2 cupsGranulated sugar
for dustingPowdered sugar (optional)

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Step 1: Preparing the Pan and Oven

Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 160°C. Grease a 12-cup Bundt cake pan, then coat it with flour. Shake out the excess.

Step 1
Step 1: Preparing the Pan and Oven
5 Minutes
Step 2
Step 2: Prepare the Dry Ingredients
3 Minutes
Step 3
Step 3: Make the Hot Milk Mixture
7 Minutes
Step 4
Step 4: Whip the Eggs and Sugar
6 Minutes

FAQs

The secret to a super-moist cake is the presence of oil or butter, buttermilk, or yoghurt in the cake batter. You must not overbake and also brush the cake, especially if layered, with simple syrup after baking.