Hot Milk Cake Recipe (2024)

Published: Apr 22, 2020 · Modified: Feb 4, 2024 by Prajakta Sukhatme · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Hot Milk Cake is soft, fluffy and super moist cake. All you need is basic pantry ingredients to make this easy eggless milk cake. This melt in your mouth delicious cake is made with inexpensive and easy to find ingredients like flour, butter, milk and sugar. Bake it with confidence with our foolproof recipe.

Friends, get set for ultimate cake baking experience ! Each bite of this cake is so velvety soft that it just melts in your mouth. The sweet buttery cake makes perfect serving starting from breakfast and snack and all the way to dessert.

This humble looking, most classic milk cake is one of the best-tasting cakes. You can call it brother of classic Pound cake. It’s my favorite treat to enjoy with cup of chai. Similar to Carrot Cake with Dates, Cinnamon Crescent Rolls and Cinnamon Sugar Biscuits, this is our household favorite dessert recipe.

Recipe Inspiration

My mom used to make this cake often. All 3 of us sister’s weren’t that fond of drinking milk while growing up. This was my mom’s trick to add milk in our diet.

So this is comfort food cake recipe. It has vintage heirloom feel to it. It’s something grandma’s kitchen would feed – solid feel good food !! Undoubtedly, kids will love this cake. And for adults, it’s a trip down the memory lane while munching on sweetness bite after bite.

Needless to say, this Classic Old Fashioned hot milk sponge Cake Recipe has a special place in our recipe repertoire. This hard to resist piece of goodness is a must-share recipe.

Simple everyday ingredients is all you need to make this fabulously delicious, warm and moist sponge cake with perfect texture. You can bake it in baking dish, Bundt cake pan or even bread loaf pan.

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients : We use all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. A pinch of salt balances the flavors.

Wet ingredients :This recipe uses unsalted butter, milk, yogurt and vanilla extract as wet ingredients.

Exact quantities are listed in the recipe card.

Substitutes

• To make this recipe VEGAN, use plant based milk and yogurt and use oil instead of butter.
• For exotic flavors, use ¼ teaspoon saffron or ¼ teaspoon crushed cardamom , or ¼ teaspoon cinnamon powder or ¼ teaspoon nutmeg powder in the batter. You can also use ghee instead of butter.
• If you prefer, you can use 1 egg instead of yogurt. ⅓ cup flaxseed powder can also be added. You can also substitute evaporated milk or heavy cream for richer taste.

Step by Step Instructions

As the name suggests, this cake uses hot (warm) milk in the making process. Here are steps involved to make this recipe .

Heat milk and butter in a small saucepan till butter melts. Do not boil. Add vanilla essence. Turn the heat off and keep the hot milk mixture aside.

Meanwhile in a medium bowl, whisk yogurt and sugar together till it becomes creamy.

Combine flour, baking powder and soda in a large bowl. Add milk-butter mixture to whisked yogurt slowly. Stir to combine properly.

Add flour mixture to liquid mixture and combine well with big spoon or spatula. Do not overbeat the cake batter.

Line a loaf-pan, bundt pan or cake pan with parchment paper. Pour the mixture in the pan and tap 2- 3 times to remove air. Put the prepared pan in the oven. Bake in preheated oven at 355°F for roughly 40 minutes.

Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs! Let it cool completely before slicing.

Frosting and Serving ideas

• Using fresh fruit especially summer berries is always awesome. Cake slices can be dressed up with some whipped cream and lots of fresh strawberries or other berries for a fancy looking gourmet dessert.
• Dusting some powdered sugar is another easy way to add little more drama to the cake presentation. You can lightly glaze it with your favorite glaze. I love fresh lemon glaze for refreshing brightening taste.
• As with any cake recipe, liberally lathered coat of icing is always awesome. You can use this milk cake as a base for making delicious trifle and parfaits.
• Use chocolate milk instead of regular milk to make Chocolate Hot Milk Cake. Adding lemon juice and zest , pineapple chunks or dry fruits like apricots can add extra fresh element to the cake mix.
• You can serve it with dollop of ice cream as well.

Our Favorite Dessert Recipes

• Instant Pot Rice Pudding
• Vegan Zucchini Bread
• Banana Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
• Coconut Chia Pudding
• Biscoff Tiramisu
• Eggless Tiramisu

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