Hot Milk Sponge Cake

My husband loves cake. If it has fruit on it all the better. For years I would make angel food cake and serve it topped with berries and ice cream or whipped cream. Then we found this great Hot Milk Sponge Cake recipe in a 1973 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. The cake had similar texture with a different flavor and gave us another option.

1 cup sifted flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk

2 tbsp butter

2 eggs

1 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Heat milk and butter until butter melts, keep hot. Using an electric mixer, beat eggs until thick and lemon colored, about 3 minutes or until it folds like ribbons as it pours off the beaters or a spoon.

(The ribboning was hard to photograph.)

Gradually add sugar, beating constantly at medium speed for 4-5 minutes. Add sifted dry ingredients to egg mixture just until blended. Stir in hot milk and vanilla. Blend well. Pour batter into greased and floured 9″ X 9″ X 2″ baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Don’t invert, cool in pan.

(photo recipe doubled)

Server with fresh fruit, ice cream or whipped. It’s also really good plain for breakfast the next morning or just for a snack.

Yum!!!

3.0 from 1 reviews

Hot Milk Sponge Cake

Author: Mary Ellen

Recipe type: Dessert

Sponge cake that makes a delicious light dessert when served with fresh fruit and whipped topping.

Ingredients

1 cup sifted flour
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
½ cup milk
2 tbsp butter
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Heat mil and butter until butter melts, keep hot. Beat eggs until thick and lemon colored, about 3 minutes or until it folds like ribbons as it pours off the spoon or beaters.
Gradually add sugar, beating constantly at medium speed for 4-5 minutes. Add sifted dry ingredients to egg mixture just until blended. Stir in hot milk and vanilla. Blend well. Pour batter into greased and floured 9" X 9" X 2" baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Don't invert, cool in pan.
Serving size: 9

8 thoughts on “Hot Milk Sponge Cake”

This cake looks amazing and I really wish I had a piece right now! Stopping by from Thurs. Favorite Things party. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow

Mary Ellen Stringham says:

February 8, 2015 at 6:30 pm

Thank you for your comment. I hope you have time to make it so you can have that piece. Come see us again.
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What could be better than a good old-fashioned cake! I bet this has a delicious flavor. Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty 🙂 Hope to see you again next week.

~Lorelai
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I cannot wait to try this. A neighbor growing up always made a milk cake and it was such a treat growing up up. #HomeMattersParty

Sounds great and fairly simple. Thanks for sharing on Great Idea Thursdays. I’m pinning this to my personal pinterest board (as well as the GIT board).
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