Description
This old-fashioned hot milk cake brings simple ingredients together to create a moist, rich, and tender homemade dessert.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup whole milk
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons powdered sugar, for dusting the finished cake
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with baker’s spray.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the milk and butter, stirring occasionally, until the butter is melted and the milk just begins to simmer. Stir in the vanilla.
- Add the flour, baking powder and salt to a medium size bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or a handheld mixer, mix together the eggs and granulated sugar for about 4 ½ to 5 minutes, until the mixture is pale yellow.
- Lower the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture ½ cup at a time.
- Keep the mixer on low speed and drizzle in the milk and butter mixture. The batter will be a bit thin.
- Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish and bake for 30 minutes, until the top is golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes away with a few moist crumbs.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before dusting with powdered sugar and slicing into 12 even servings.
Notes
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 316
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 52 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
Keywords: hot milk cake, dessert, homemade cake, American dessert