Here are 10 simple homemade flavored milk Soak recipes for moistening cakes you can easily make at home.
What is Milk Soak?
Milk Soak is a mixture of milk and flavored extract or another flavor additive. It adds extra moisture, richness, and flavor to the cake when it layers it up. You can sweeten the milk with sugar if desired.
How to use it?
Poke holes all over your cake with a toothpick, and drizzle or brush about 2 tablespoons of the mixture over the surface of each cake throughout every stage of assembly and decoration.Yield: each recipe makes about 128ml (½ cup) | Total time: 5 minutes
How to Make Vanilla Milk Soak
Ingredients
118ml (½ cup) warm water combined with 2 tablespoons dried whole milk, such as Nido, or use regular whole milk
Whisk together evaporated milk, light cream, vanilla extract, and condensed milk in a small bowl until the condensed milk is completely dissolved. Use immediately.
Whisk together the milk, condensed milk, and strawberry extract in a small bowl until the condensed milk is completely dissolved. Use immediately.
Notes:
If you're using granulated sugar to sweeten the milk, warm the milk and stir until the sugar has fully dissolved. However, if you prefer unsweetened, omit the condensed milk or sugar entirely.
I use 4 tablespoons of milk soak for every cake layer.
