Amish Sour Milk Cake Recipe

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This Amish Sour Milk Cake recipe makes a moist, delicious peanut butter-chocolate cake

I put this in the category of a "comfort cake."  Chocolatey peanut butter bliss accurately describes this beauty of a recipe which comes to us from the Amish settlement in Arthur, Illinois.

The key to this Amish sour milk cake recipe is a wonderful flavor of sour milk.   Now, the sour milk I am talking about is the kind where an Amish farmer gets some milk from their cows in the morning and by evening it is starting to sour.  This stuff is rich in flavor and thickens up in a wonderful baking agent. I don't think you'd get the same effect from supermarket "sour milk."   I think that is called "spoiled milk."

The Amish kind of sour milk is a great replacement for buttermilk, yogurt, etc and adds a wonderful tart taste to baked goods.  To make your own sour milk, do it the safe way and just take 1 cup of supermarket milk and add 1 tablespoon of vinegar.  Let it sit for 5 minutes or so to let the vinegar work its magic and then add.  You'll get the same basic effect as the Amish sour milk.

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• 🍰 Cake Ingredients
• 🧁 Icing Ingredients
• 📋 Baking Instructions
• 🥛 Amish Recipes using Sour Milk
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🍰 Cake Ingredients

• 1 /4 cup Soft Margarine
• 1 /4 cup Peanut Butter
• 1 1 /2 cup Brown Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 / 2 cup Warm Water
• 1 cup Sour Milk thick
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Baking Soda

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🧁 Icing Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Peanut Butter
• 1 cup Chocolate Chips
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar

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📋 Baking Instructions

Cake

1. Mix together in a large mixing bowl for several minutes.
2. Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch layer pans or a 9 x 13 pan.
3. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.

Frosting

1. Melt butter, peanut butter, and chips over low heat.
2. Blend in other ingredients until thick and creamy.
3. Spread on a cool cake.

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🥛 Amish Recipes using Sour Milk

Sour milk is a traditional ingredient in Amish Cooking. Throughout the years we've curated some amazingly sweet treats using sour milk! Go figure.

Old-Fashioned Sour Milk Pie

Milk pie is a classic confection among the Amish, a scratch-made sweet that utilizes the basics of baking: sugar, eggs, molasses, and, of course, milk. 

Amish Apple Grunt Cake Recipe

It is not uncommon for Amish homesteads to have a few apple trees, just enough to provide enough fruit for homemade applesauces, canned pie filling, and some Apple Grunt!

Never Fail Sour Milk Cupcakes Recipe

The name says it all, this wonderful sour milk cupcake recipe will not fail you! 

Sour Milk Cookies

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