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Hot Milk Cake

Joan Donogh
Simple cake recipe with a broiled coconut topping. You can also use the cake without the topping as the base for other desserts.
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 45 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

Cake:

  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

Topping:

  • 5 tablespoons butter
  • 5 tablespoons brown or white sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk or cream
  • 3/4 cup coconut

Instructions
 

Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat milk and butter together until milk is hot but not boiling, and butter is melted.
  • In mixer bowl, beat eggs and sugar together until very light. Stir in vanilla.
  • Mix flour, salt and baking powder together. Remove beaters and add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with milk-butter mixture. Fold until smooth.
  • Spread batter in a greased 9 inch square pan. Bake for 20 minutes, until top of cake springs back when touched lightly.

Topping:

  • Melt butter. Add sugar, milk and coconut.
  • While cake is hot, carefully spread topping over. Place under hot broiler and watch until bubbly and golden.