Old-Fashioned Caramel Layer Cake |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 18 |
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Hands down, this is one of the best-tasting cake recipes we have ever created. The caramel frosting is sweet perfection. Ingredients:
cooking spray |
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour |
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar |
1/2 cup butter or stick margarine, softened |
2 large eggs |
1 large egg white |
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour |
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 1/4 cups fat-free milk |
2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
1 cup packed dark brown sugar |
1/2 cup evaporated fat-free milk |
2 1/2 tablespoons butter or stick margarine |
2 teaspoons light-colored corn syrup |
dash of salt |
2 cups powdered sugar |
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. To prepare cake, coat 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray; line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour.
3. Beat granulated sugar and 1/2 cup butter at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 5 minutes). Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Lightly spoon 2 1/4 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine 2 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, and salt; stir well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with 1 1/4 cups milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
4. Pour batter into prepared pans, and sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans. Carefully peel off wax paper; cool completely on wire rack.
5. To prepare frosting, combine brown sugar and next 4 ingredients (brown sugar through salt) in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat, and simmer until thick (about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally. Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar and 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; beat at medium speed of a mixer until smooth and slightly warm. Cool 2 to 3 minutes (frosting will be thin but thickens as it cools).
6. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spoon 1/2 cup frosting on to cake layer spreading to cover. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
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