Hot Milk Cake

Recipe by Laura de Jong

Prep time 25 minutes
Cook time 20 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients

For the Cake

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk, whole
1/2 cup butter, unsalted
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the Frosting

2/3 cup light brown sugar
1/3 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 1/2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

A deliciously, chewy coconut topping adds a decadent touch to this easy-to-make yellow cake. Your grandmother or great grandmother might have made a recipe like this one.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350° F and grease a 9×13 cake pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder and set aside. In a large bowl, beat together eggs and sugar until mixture is light and fluffy. Gradually add in the entire flour mixture, mixing until smooth.
In a small saucepan, heat the milk and butter over medium heat until butter is melted. Gradually add to batter and mix until just combined, then mix in vanilla.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the middle comes out clean.
While cake is baking, combine frosting ingredients and set aside.
Remove cake from oven, and set the oven to Broil.
Immediately frost cake (still in the pan) with Browned Coconut Frosting, then return to oven and broil until frosting is browned (approximately 2-3 minutes). Serve warm.