Sour Milk Spice Cake

Submitted by justcallmetoni

"Another half container of milk gone bad? Here's a delicious option for the thrifty minded. The cake is warm comforting and nicely spiced. If you don't have sour milk, you can make some by placing a tablespoon of vinegar in a one cup measure and filling the rest with milk; let stand 10 minutes and you are ready to go."

 

• Ready In: 53mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar (I subbed out 1/3 of the sugar with Splenda with success.)
• 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2⁄3 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄4 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 6 tablespoons prune puree (I use baby food.)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sour nonfat milk
• 1⁄3 - 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts (I tend to prefer nut on my cakes, but not in them. Use your own tastes as a guide.) (optional)
• 1⁄4 cup currants (optional) or 1/4 cup golden raisin (optional)
• cooking spray

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Grease and flour a 9x9 inch baking pan.
3. Combine and sift sugar, flour, baking soda, baking powder salt, cinnamon, cloves, ginger and nutmeg.
4. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, oil vanilla and prune puree. Mix until combined, then add nuts and currants (if using).
5. Pour into a 9x9 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45-50 minutes.

Reviews

[MarySC]

No rating, just a comment that pasteurized milk does not "sour" - it just spoils and should not be used once it turns. When sour milk is called for, use buttermilk or add vinegar to good milk!

 

[newtocookingm&m]

Didn't want to dump the last cup of milk that was starting to taste funny. I did add 3/4tsp vinegar to make it more sour. I didn't have baby food prunes on hand so I substituted apple butter. Left out nuts and raisins. Next time I may do less cloves for kids preference. I was surprised the recipe was egg free, but was glad since I used up my eggs at lunch time :)

 

[tipton38071]

I agree with Mary SC pasteurized milk does not "sour" - it just spoils and should not be used once it turns. When sour milk is called for, use buttermilk or add vinegar to good milk!<br/><br/>I prefer certified RAW milk, it will sour and clabber naturally and is safe. Please see http://www.realmilk.com/ for more info. Thanks.

 

[kblay]

This turned out much better than expected. The prunes added moisture but not the sour taste. I divided the sugar between brown and white and made muffins instead of a cake. (baking time in half)

 

[Marsha Mazz]

Very good - like gingerbread. I dusted the top with powdered sugar and served it with a little ice cream. The baby food prunes were a great idea - I'm going to keep some on hand to sweeten other baked goods.