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Hot Milk Cake

This is a recipe for 'Old Fashioned Hot Milk Cake' that I came across a magazine and since then , this was on my to-do list. Finally, I baked it last week. It sounded weird to me when I first read the name but I was convinced for the fact that hot milk along with melted butter is added last in the cake batter! Strange...isn't it ? This was something new to me and hence I found it interesting and thought I would give it a go! I have altered the original recipe by adding less sugar, one additional egg and more butter to my cake.
  • Passive
    0 minutes
  • Prep
    20 minutes
  • Cook
    50 minutes
  • Servings
    20 People

Ingredients

  • 5 Eggs
  • 375 grams Granulated white sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 300 grams All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 300 ml Milk
  • 150 grams Butter (unsalted)

Instructions

  • 1 In an electric beater bowl, add eggs . Beat well for about 5-7 minutes till nice and pale.
  • 2 Add the sugar, beat well for another 5-7 minutes. Add vanilla essence.
  • 3 Add the flour along with salt , baking powder. Mix well.
  • 4 Heat milk and butter, till butter is just melted.
  • 5 Add this butter and milk mixture to the cake batter (while it's still hot ) . Mix well.
  • 6 Preheat oven at 350 deg F. Pour batter in a well greased bundt pan. (or use any other baking pan).
  • 7 Bake for about 40-50 minutes. (My cake took 50 minutes). Check if a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
  • 8 Let cake cool in pan for about 5 minutes, unmold the cake. Let it cool completely.
  • 9 Slice the cake.
  • 10 Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

I have been asked by a couple , Why is the milk and melted butter added to the cake mixture at the end ? Answer :- There are different methods of cake mixing:- (1) You can add all dry ingredients and then mix in the butter or oil .The butter / Oil coats the flour and the gluten formed here isn't so strong and results in a more dense cake. (2) You can cream together the butter and the sugar in order to produce lots of air bubbles. Leads to great cakes. (3) You can mix all wet ingredients in one bowl and all dry ingredients in the other. Then add wet and dry ingredients together. This Forms strong gluten but Not so good cakes . But this HOT MILK CAKE uses an entirely different mixing method. And the trick here is beating the eggs and sugar very well for 5-7 minutes to making sure you are incorporating alot of air bubbles into eggs , which will help the baking power act on while baking the cake . The melted butter and milk added in the end coats the flour structure. Hence resulting in a very good cake structure , soft and evenly crumbled cake texture 😊.

 

71 Comments

  1. Really love your easy ways with recipes

    1. Thanks pooja

  2. Looks yum. Sounds easy enough. Will try

    1. Thanks
      Surely do give it a try

      1. Yummy, tried it,so delicious

        1. Thanks Vivienne
          Thanks for trying the cake recipe and for your feedback

  3. Is there an eggless version too?

  4. Tried this hot milk cake recipe. Turned out superb.

    1. Thanks Patricia for trying this cake recipe and for sharing your feedback here.

  5. Hi Xanti,

    Can i use a normal 8″ pan for this cake. Do not have the lovely pan that you have used. (Silly question).. But ive seen most of this hot milk cake baked in these pans

    Louella

    1. Yes, louella you can use 8 inch square pan for the same. But do make only 1/2 the quantity for 8 inch pan and cake should be baked in 30 minutes in this case:) The pan I Used is called the Bundt Cake Pan 🙂

  6. Hi Xanti,

    Great recipe

    Thanks,
    Arul Francis

    1. Thanks Arul for your lovely words 🙂 Yes, this cake has definitely been a hit among many of my website users 🙂

  7. Hi xanti
    Tried ur recipe in the microwave in microwave mode…for 6 min
    It came out white..
    Dunno where i went wrong but the taste is good
    Im gonna use the same batter n try it out in the convection mode..keeping my fingers crossed

    1. Hi pramila, yes, please bake it in the oven as i have not tried this batter in the microwave 🙂

      1. I don’t have oven any other option to bake

        1. Hi concy
          No idea … I know people bake in pressure cookers … check on Internet As I haven’t tried baking cakes in any other method other than oven .

  8. Hi Xanti, what is unsalted butter, I want to try this recipe, it looks sooo easy & yum, Thanks

    1. Hi Sarita

      Unsalted butter is butter without salt. If you don’t get it , use regular butter(with salt) and skip the salt in the cake ingredients.

      1. Very nice n simple methods can prepare delicious cake

        1. Thanks Syra.
          Do give it a try

  9. Hi Xanti thku very much for such a wonderful recipe….tryed it today was yummylicious. If i want to make c chocolate cake using same procedure then how much cocoa powder do i use..pls guide.

    1. Hi Mohini.
      I have not tried this recipe with cocoa powder, but you can try removing 50 grams of flour from this recipe and replace it with 50 grams of cocoa.

  10. Hi Xanti,

    I wanted to make a strawberry cake, is it possible to add fresh strawberries to this? If yes, do i need to replace any ingredient?

    Thanks

  11. Tried the cake recipe, super success. Thank you so much for sharing your recipes. Absolute treasure chest

    1. Hi Suzanne

      Thanks a lot for trying the recipe and sharing your feedback here 🙂 Happy to know that it turned out good 🙂

  12. Hey Xantis tried out this recipe today and it turned out awesome, thanks for sharing really appreciate it .My smallie relished it.

    1. Thank you alzera … glad that your lil one loved the same … thanks for sharing your feedback with me 😊

  13. Tried out this receipe n turned out good

    1. Hi Delmira
      Thanks for trying the recipe and for sharing your feedback with me 😊

  14. Hi xanti,

    Thank you for sharing your recipe. I tried to bake the cake, it was very good but it’s not baked properly from inside. I did keep for 50 mins. But don’t know what went wrong. In the beginning I kept it on 250c then reduced it to 200c in case if it burns. Could it be cos of that? Thank u

    1. Hi Sneha
      Your oven temperature was wrong …
      250 deg c is for baking cookies and not cakes …
      Cakes is usually 180 deg c
      ..
      350 deg F (as my recipe says ) converts to 180 deg c .

      So that’s the reason as to why your cake got browned from outside and uncooked from the inside .

  15. Hi dear,
    Tried your yummy recipe today.. tried making it in pressure cooker..came out very well… thanks for sharing the recipe.. Stay blessed..

    1. Hi Christina
      Thanks for trying the hot cake recipe …
      Glad that you made it in the cooker and happy to know it worked fine for you 😊

  16. Xantilicious.Lovely cake..nicely baked and presented well.Could we make this hot milk cake without the eggs..what can I substitute it with.

    1. Hi preeti
      I have not tried it eggless … which cud be by adding curds … by I’m afraid that hot milk cud curdle the mixture with curd

  17. Hey Xanti, if I want to use brown sugar do you think it will work? TIA

    1. Hi edrea
      Brown sugar is not meant for such kind of cakes .

  18. Hi Xanti,
    Tried your recipe and I must say it turned out very good. My husband loved it. We had it over a cup of black Rose tea.
    Thanks for the lovely recipe and your step by step tutorials made it easy for me. Ur the BEST.

    1. Thanks nevita for trying the milk cake recipe . Thanks for your lovely
      Feedback , glad that you’ll enjoyed it 😊

  19. Hi, I tried your cake recipe of hot milk cake it turned up yummy. Please can you send me the recipe of pineapple, orange and marble cake if possible.

    1. Hi Rosetta
      Thanks for trying the hot milk cake recipe and for your feedback 😊
      I have a recipe for orange cake and banana cake on my website .

  20. Hi Shanti is there a specific speed at which the eggs need to be beaten… love ur recipes want to try this one… kindly Advise

    1. Hi Rochel
      Just medium speed is fine

  21. Hi Xanti!!
    Another brilliant receipe , just loved the way it turned out
    Thank u so much

    1. Thanks Elifa
      For your feedback 😊happy to know you liked it

  22. Hi Xanti,
    Tried your recipe..Cake turned out yummy…My kids just loved it..
    Thank you for sharing..stay blessed

    1. Thanks Rita for trying the milk cake recipe , thanks for sharing your feedback 😊happy to know your kids enjoy it

  23. Hi Xanti,
    Tried your recipe.. Turned out yummy.. Hubby n Son loved it.. The only thing is it remained a little wettish in the middle.. What could have gone wrong??
    The cake was done in like 45 mins, toothpick came out clean..
    Kindly advise..

    1. Hi Cynthia
      The cake should have been done if the toothpick came out clean .

      1. The cake was done.. Only looked a little wettish here and there.. It was yummy though.. Son said not a prob mama.. It looks like a design..
        Thanks for the lovely recipe.. Will Def try it again..

        1. Thanks Cynthia for your feedback 😊 make sure you insert a wooden skewer or knife in middle of cake and see that it comes out clean .

  24. Hi Xanti, thanks for the recipe. Can oil be used instead of butter? If yes, then what quantity?

    1. Please use butter not oil

  25. Cake looks fabulous. Which brand of cake flour or all purpose flour have u used?

    1. I use the one that we get here at Walmart (regular all purpose flour)

  26. Hi Xanti,

    Thanks for this. It was something different. I was wondering can we add flavor to this? Lemon or orange etc. If so, would I have to reduce amount of liquids?

    Thanks

    1. I would not recommend lemon or any fruit Juices as hot milk is added it may curdle .

      1. Ah good point thx.

        Can I add chocolate or coco?

        1. I have not tried adding cocoa or chocolate so cannot guide on this as(as hot milk is added , idk how it will react )

  27. I tried this method,did everything ,but it didn’t come out nice,inside was looking like pancakes ,I don’t know what went wrong

    1. Hi
      That’s quiet Strange!!! Never encountered this nor anyone who tried this recipe…

  28. Superb recipe!! This was my first try at baking and the taste and texture was superb. Thank you for sharing your great recipes

    1. Thanks recinda for your feedback

  29. Love all your recipes . The pictures step by step you have used to explain .Always look forward to see more .Truly you have made so many difficult recipes look easy .Many Thanks!

    1. Thanks reshma for the appreciation and for your feedback 😊means a lot to me

  30. Tried this cake with wheat flour this time and it turned out very very nice. Thank you so much for this receipt.

    1. Oh good to know that it works well with wheat flour .. thanks for sharing your feedback

  31. Xanti Pinto Your Cakes Are The Best So As Your Other Desserts. I Have Tried Your Cake It Was Awesome.Thanks For Sharing It.

    1. Thanks for the feedback, I’m glad you liked it.

  32. Hi Xanti…I have tried this cake in my new bundt tin and the flavour is simply the best. My cake was a bit densed at the bottom though…what could be the reason to this? I have a fan oven so baked at 160 Deg c. And baked for around an hour as the stick was coming out wet before that..
    Hoping to retry it so would welcom any suggestions

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