• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Food
    • Recipes
    • Drinks
  • Life
  • Portfolio
  • Work With Me
  • About
  • Contact

Delicious Monster

  • Food
  • Drinks
  • Lifestyle
  • Reviews
  • Travel
Condensed Cereal Milk
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest

Condensed Cereal Milk

14th Mar 2021Featured, Recipes 
Condensed Cereal Milk

When was the last time you had a bowl of cereal? I’m talking about good old-fashioned cornflakes with a sprinkle of sugar and ice-cold milk.

Personally, I did this morning when photographing the images used in this post, but when I was in high school and playing water polo, I used to return home after each practice or match absolutely ravenous and smash a big bowl of cereal. Cornflakes to be exact.

It became a serious habit and something I looked forward to, but as I got older the concept of cereal became something I was less and less interested in when it came to food – until I discovered the magic of cereal milk.

Using cereal milk as a base for any dessert which calls for the ingredient adds a toasty layer of flavour you won’t know you missed until you’ve tried it.

This week saw us ending up with a surplus of milk due to my boyfriend being home for half of the time he’s usually here, and because I’ve been drinking a lot less coffee than usual. We get 2 litres of milk delivered twice a week thanks to Happy Milk, but come Thursday we ended up having more than 3 litres of milk in our fridge which I knew we weren’t going to be able to finish.

So when life gives you too much milk, you make homemade condensed milk.

I also needed to make a batch of ice cream for some content I’m creating around a giveaway that’s going live later next week, and as I use condensed milk in all my no-churn ice cream bases this was perfect. Because I’ve also been wanting to do something with cereal milk for a while, I decided to experiment with making a condensed milk version.

The results were brilliant and I’m really excited about this one.

Condensed Cereal Milk

Condensed Cereal Milk

This can be used as a base for ice cream or used in any recipe which calls for condensed milk. I added milk powder to the mix because it adds an additional depth of flavour. If you don’t have milk powder on hand, then you can leave it out without sacrificing too much.

The ingredients below yield about 650ml of condensed milk.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cornflakes
  • 3 cups of milk
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk powder

Method

  1. Place the cornflakes in a large bowl and pour over the milk. Cover and place in the fridge for around 2-3 hours to soak.
  2. Strain the mixture over a saucepan, pushing it gently with the back of a spoon to get as much of the milk out as possible. Discard the soggy cereal pulp or save it to use in something else (I haven’t gotten that far yet).
  3. Add the sugar and the milk powder to the milk and whisk to combine.
  4. Heat the mixture over medium-low heat and continue whisking until it comes to a slow simmer.
  5. Continue whisking every now and then until the mixture has reduced by about half. Do not leave it because you could risk it boiling over and having a horrible mess to clean up (I speak from experience).
  6. When it’s done pour into a sterilised jar or jars and refrigerate until needed (keeps for about two weeks).
 
Previous Post: « Veg Box Review
Next Post: Dried Fig & Almond Butter Bars »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Nicky Barber, Delicious Monster

Hi There! I’m Nicky.

I’m a food photographer, writer, recipe developer and the person behind Delicious Monster. Thanks for popping by and welcome to my little neck of the woods full of recipes, short stories and beautiful things.

learn more about me here >
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest




Latest Posts

2022 Christmas Mince Pie Review

Brace

Oh Hey, Bali

Oh Hey, Bali

Subscribe to Delicious Monster

Get access to exclusive content, recipes, promos, updates & new products by joining the mailing list below.

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Legal

  • Shipping Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Returns & Refund Policy




Hanging with my work wife @noxolomulenje before th Hanging with my work wife @noxolomulenje before the @thermomix_za cooking class 🥦
A bit of Sunday morning baking with my @thermomix_ A bit of Sunday morning baking with my @thermomix_za and a fool-proof Oatmeal Cookie recipe straight off of Cookidoo 🍪
Les Étoiles Vagabondes / The Wandering Stars ✨ Les Étoiles Vagabondes / The Wandering Stars ✨
Thoughts while heading back to Joburg and into the Thoughts while heading back to Joburg and into the biggest year of my life to date ✨
After 3 years of my Mom trying unsuccessfully to g After 3 years of my Mom trying unsuccessfully to get a roosterbrood from Tannie Poppie’s in Laingsburg, it finally happened 🙌🏽
Another year in review, although I don’t think 9 Another year in review, although I don’t think 9 photos could quite sum up the extent of the impact that 2022 has had on my life and how much it’s changed me. 

Behind the smiles, bright colours and exotic locations, I spent a large portion of this year grieving. The loss of a love and the future I imagined with him, my estranged biological father, my life in South Africa when I left for Bali, an unrequited love and then the biggest loss of all: who I was before finding out I was going to be a mother. 

The thing about loss is that it also leads to growth. Besides the enormous amount of loss I’ve had to deal with this year, I’ve also learnt so much more about myself and grown in ways I’d never imagined possible:

Continued in comments below…
A very special afternoon celebrating the upcoming A very special afternoon celebrating the upcoming arrival of my baby girl. I’m incredibly grateful and hugely privileged to be surrounded by such a wonderful community of family and friends. They say it takes a village and I’m insanely proud of the amazing people who make up mine 🥰
It dawned on me a couple of days ago that this wil It dawned on me a couple of days ago that this will be my last Christmas “on my own”. Next year I’ll be celebrating my first Christmas as new mom with a 9 month old baby, continuing the festive traditions I grew up with and hopefully forming my own as a new little family of two. So on that note, a very Merry Christmas from The Bump (aka Frances, Frankie, Fran or Fox) and I 🎄
Copyright © 2021–2023 · Delicious Monster · Hearten Made