Make This Old Fashioned Milk Cake, It’s Delicious and Lower in Calories

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This is a moist, tender and lightly sweetened old fashioned milk cake which dates back to the early 1900’s.

Back then they did not have the litany of ingredients which are now available today. So the recipe is simple and with only a few basic staple cake ingredients—eggs, butter, flour, vanilla, a leaven such as baking powder and of course in this instance, MILK.

How this milk cake differs from most is in the unique way that it comes together. In this case, the butter is not creamed with the sugar but is rather heated with whole milk (or your choice), and then added to the whipped egg and flour combination before baking.

My recipe here has been slightly adapted, as I chose to combine both oat and cake flour to reduce some of the calories from that of white processed flour, so the texture of the cake is slightly denser but still equally as delicious.

Also, my recipe does not use white refined sugar but rather a low calorie sweetener. Therefore, these two adaptations make for a much better alternative for those watching their weight and on low calorie or carbohydrate diets.

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Old Fashioned Milk Cake

Lightly sweetened cake baked with hot milk and butter, makes this slightly dense and fluffy cake delicious.

Course Dessert
Keyword dessert, desserts, milk cake, old fashioned milk cake
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings 12

Ingredients

  • 4 large Eggs
  • 2-1/4 cups Allulose Sweetener
  • 1-1/4 cups Whole Milk
  • 10 tbsp Butter unsalted and room temperature
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1-1/4 cup Oat Flour
  • 1 cup Cake Flour
  • 2-1/4 tbsp Baking Powder

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  2. In the bowl of a mixer, beat eggs until pale yellow and thickened.

  3. Add in the sweetener (or sugar) and vanilla and continue mixing to combine.

  4. In another bowl, whisk the flours and baking powder together.

  5. In a pot on the stove, add the milk and the butter. Heat and warm up the milk and the butter until the butter has melted, stirring periodically.

  6. Pour the hot milk butter combination into the egg and flour mix. Beat until batter is thoroughly incorporated. NOTE: Do not overmix.

  7. Pour into a greased 8X8 baking pan for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean or with minimal crumbs.

  8. OPTIONAL: Top with your favorite fruit, whipped or ice cream or simply enjoy as is.

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