Hot Milk Cake

By SallySmo

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1/2 c. hot milk with 1 rounded tsp. butter melted into it
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. sugar
• 1 c. flour, divided
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• pinch salt
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Sauce:
• 1 ″ piece vanilla bean
• 2 c. heavy cream
• 1/4 c. sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Cake:
Butter an 8″ square or round cake pan. Prepare milk and butter. Whisk eggs well in a med. bowl. Gradually whisk in sugar and beat well. Stir in 1/2 c. flour, the baking powder, salt, and vanilla. Stir in other 1/2 c. flour, then the hot milk/butter. Pour into cake pan; bake 40-45 min. Pour the chilled sauce into a dish and put a slice of cake on top. Enjoy.

Sauce:
Slit vanilla bean in half lengthwise and scrape seeds into small saucepan. Stir in cream and bring to a boil. Add sugar, stir well, let it cool. Chill well.

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