Our take on the classical recipe first appear in the Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook in 1941 .

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Hot milk cake is a tendersponge cakethat ’s full of vanilla spirit . Our Test Kitchen Director Lynn Blanchard calls it her " all - metre favorite recipe to use for layer cakes . " The classic cake recipe has been beloved for more than 100 years . If you own a copy of ourRed Plaid Cookbook , it ’s also called Hot Milk Sponge Cake . Find out why it ’s still our go - tosheet cake recipetoday , and get our point for serving the light and airy dessert .

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Why We Love This Hot Milk Cake Recipe

This vanilla cake recipe get a wonderfully low-cal - textured poriferan cake , plus it is soft to descale up or down because of the proportions .

To make a 9x9 - inch square or round cake , use the following : 2 eggs , 1 cup flour , 1 tsp . bake powder , 1/4 tsp . salt , 1 cup sugar , 1/2 cup Milk River , 2 Tbsp . butter , and 1 tsp . of vanilla .

The cake also freeze attractively , Simply follow our instructions forhow to stop dead a patty .

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How to Serve Hot Milk Cake

This formula for hot Milk River cake is luscious all on its own , but it ’s also nifty topped with sweeten whipped cream , small-grained sugar , and/or berries . If you want to ice the patty , prefer from one of ourhomemade frosting recipes .

Ingredients

3eggs

1 1/2cupsall - intention flour

1 1/2tsp.baking gunpowder

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1/2tsp.salt

1 1/2cupssugar

3/4cupmilk

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3Tbsp.salted butter

1 1/2tsp.vanilla selection

Sweetened whipped ointment , powdered sugar , and / orberries(optional )

Hand testing a baked cake in a pan with a toothpick to check doneness

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Directions

Prep Ingredients

Allow eggs to stand up at elbow room temperature for 30 arcminute . Meanwhile , grease a 13x9x2 - inch baking pan and line with parchment paper ; set pan aside . In little sports stadium stir together flour , broil gunpowder , and salt ; set aside .

Beat Eggs

Preheat oven to 350 ° F . In a medium stadium beat eggs with an galvanic mixer on high speed about 4 bit or until blockheaded . bit by bit add refined sugar , beating on medium speed for 4 to 5 minutes or until Inner Light and fluffy . Add the flour concoction ; puzzle on low to average speed just until combined .

Heat Milk

In a small saucepan heat and call down Milk River and butter over medium until butter thawing ; sum to batter along with the vanilla extract , beating until combined . Pour batter into the disposed goat god .

Bake and Cool

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 24 min or until a wooden toothpick introduce near sum come out clean-living . Cool completely in goat god on a telegram rack .

How to Store Hot Milk Cake

To store the leftover bar , wrap it with plastic wrapping and store at elbow room temperature for 3 - 4 days . you’re able to also immobilise remnant cake for up to 3 calendar month .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tells you how much a nutrient in a food attend to contributes to a casual diet . 2,000 nutritionist’s calorie a day is used for worldwide nutrition advice .