Hot Milk Cake is a soft and classic Vanilla Butter Cake that melts in your mouth! It's delicious as simple cake for breakfast or tea time, or you can cut in layers and fill it with whipped cream, it's the perfect basic cake ever.It holds its shape and has a sponge but firm texture, so I suggest you to not use a too thick or dry frosting.Using a full fat milk will give the best rich taste to this easy cake, so the frosting is not needful if you love childhood cake as I do!It's important that you pour the milk very hot in the cake batter to get the perfect moist crumbs that you can see in my recipe video.
160 g (3/4 cup)caster sugaror granulated white sugar
160 g (1+1/3 cup)all purpose flour
4 g(1 tsp)baking powder
pinch of salt
Instructions
In a small saucepan, place butter, milk and bring to a simmer over low heat: don't boil, but the mix has to be very hot.
Meanwhile sift together flour, baking powder, salt and set aside.
In a large bowl mix the eggs with vanilla using an electric mixer at medium-high speed.
When the eggs start foaming, add little by little sugar and keep on mixing at high speed until get a thick, pale mix (be patient and mix at least 10 minutes).
Gently fold the flour mix into the egg mix in three times using a spatula (don't use the electric mixer now, you don't have to overbeat the flour) until well combined.
Add and combine in two times the hot milk mix: be careful to add the milk when still very hot.
Pour the cake batter into a lined and greased 20 cm - 8 inch cake pan.
Tap the cake pan onto the work surface and pass a skewer through the batter in the pan to remove air bubbles.
Bake in preheated oven at 175°C-345°F for about 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Slightly cool down, then pass a thin spatula throug the edges of the cake, unmold the cake and cool down completely on a wire rack.
You can sprinkle with powdered sugar on top and top with some fresh strawberries (optional).
Video
Notes
Store the cake at room temperature covered with plastic wrap for about 3-4 days.You can use this cake to make layered cakes.