Nannie’s Hot Milk Cake

ByCrystal Posted onApril 12, 2018May 7, 2020 Updated onMay 7, 2020

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NANNIE’S HOT MILK CAKE – This recipe comes out of a community cookbook from 1980 out of Asheboro, NC. The description reads ‘This is an old family favorite from my Grandmother Jenkins. It is delicious with any favorite frosting’. It’s amazing, y’all!!

You know what I haven’t done in a while? Shared a recipe from an old church or community cookbook! So, that’s what I’m going to do today.

Today’s recipe comes from my favorite old church cookbook – one that used to be my MawMaw Light’s cookbook. It comes from the ‘…Of Family and Friends’ Cookbook Asheboro, NC (my hometown) – compiled by the Asheboro Jaycettes in 1980.

Nannie’s Hot Milk Cake was submitted by Carol Ayres and what drew me to it was the description under the recipe. It reads, “This is an old family favorite from my Grandmother Jenkins. It is delicious with any frosting”. I LOVE any recipe that’s been passed down from generation to generation. Those are usually the best ones!

And it turned out to be extremely true in the case of this hot milk cake recipe.

Oh, is it ever good!

It is so moist and fluffy. I could tell as soon as it the cake came out of the oven that it was going to be airy & delicious and I wasn’t wrong.

I chose to top it with my favorite fudge frosting the first time around and the second time, I went for a caramel frosting. This is one of those cakes that would be good with any frosting. It’s basically a really really really yummy & airy yellow cake. Boy, is it ever delicious!

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Nannie's Hot Milk Cake

Servings 1 9x13 cake

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 stick unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Beat sugar & eggs for 5 minutes. Then add flour, baking powder, & salt, Mix well. Heat milk and butter to boiling point,. Add to mixture & mix well. Stir in vanilla last. Pour into a 9x13 cake pan that's been spraying with nonstick spray. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes. on the 3rd rack.

Crystal

Crystal, AKA 'Mrs. Happy Homemaker' wears many hats - blogger, homesteader, widow, mom to three wonderful kids, and the self-proclaimed biscuit queen. She likes to think of herself as a domestic diva - just without all the glitz and glamour. Unless, of course, your idea of glamour involves staying in comfy PJs and sporting a ponytail almost all the time. If that's the case, well then, she's your gal! At her humble homestead, they raise chickens and enjoy gardening. She takes pride in preserving all their homegrown produce - canning, freezing, drying - you name it! The whole concept of homesteading fills her with such joy and excitement.

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Debbie McRae says:

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When do you add the butter for the Hot Milk cake.. It doesn’t state in the directions

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  It’s there 🙂 You add it with the milk as it warms.
  
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Barbara says:

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I have been making this cake for many years. In our family no holiday or celebration is without one.
we sometimes make it as a bundt cake or cupcakes. I have a Wilton long loaf pan. Instead of a single batch I do 1 batch but a half batch. Then I serve it with fresh strawberries. We melt our butter with the milk.

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Linda says:

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Love this recipe. Made it tonight & served it with custard & bananas.

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