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Milk Cake | Milk Cake Recipe | How to Make Milk Cake Sweets at Home

Aarthi
Milk Cake or Milk Barfi, A rich decadent Indian sweet which is easy to make and requires only milk, sugar. Learn how to make the authentic halwai style milk mithai with step by step pictures and video.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Resting Time 6 hours
Total Time 7 hours 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 15 pieces
Calories 187 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 litre Full Fat Milk
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 6 tablespoon Ghee
  • 2 teaspoon Lemon Juice

Instructions
 

  • Take milk in a large pot and bring it to a boil. Now boil this and keep mixing and cook on medium high heat. Scrape the sides of pot and add it back into the milk. Boil till till it reduced to ⅓rd. It will take around 30 mins to 45 mins.
  • Once the milk is thickened. Now add in lemon juice and mix well. It will curdle a little but Keep cooking till it thickens. It will take around 15 mins
  • Now add sugar little at a time. Keep mixing and keep cooking. Never add sugar all at once which will make the mixture so liquid. Add little sugar at a time and keep cooking. Cook till it thickens.
  • Now add in ghee little at a time and continue cooking on a low flame till it thickens and leaves the sides.
  • Grease a pan with ghee to set the burfi. Pour the mix into the pan. Spread evenly and flatten.
  • Now wrap the pan with foil and wrap it in towel really well. This step makes the cake cools slowly which creates the different shades in the burfi when you slice it.
  • Leave to rest for 4 to 6 hours. once completely cooled, un mould, slice & serve.

Video

Notes

  • Cook milk in a large pot so it reduces a lot faster.
  • Scrape the sides of the pot so the reduced milk is added into the milk.
  • Add little sugar at a time only when milk is reduced and thickened.
  • Add sugar little at a time and keep cooking.
  • Wrap the pan really good with foil and towel. So the barfi cools a lot slower which creates a dark colour in the centre.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingsCalories: 187kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 5gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 53mgPotassium: 207mgFiber: 0.002gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 223IUVitamin C: 0.3mgCalcium: 169mgIron: 0.01mg
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