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Caramel Cake

Rated as 4.75 out of 5 Stars
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"Moist, delicious layer cake with caramel icing."
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Ingredients

2 h 22 m servings 1019
Original recipe yields 12 servings (1 9-inch layer cake)

Directions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch cake pans.
  2. Cream white sugar, 1 1/2 cups butter, and eggs together in a bowl. Beat well.
  3. Combine flour, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add to the sugar mixture alternately with milk. Add vanilla extract. Beat until batter makes ribbons when falling from the whisk or beater. Divide batter among the prepared cake pans.
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool layers on a rack before icing, at least 1 hour.
  5. Combine brown sugar, 1 cup butter, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until brown sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Add evaporated milk and continue stirring. Bring to a gentle boil and let bubble for about 4 minutes, stirring constantly to avoid sticking. Remove from heat and allow to cool, about 5 minutes.
  6. Mix confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract into the butter-milk mixture using an electric mixer until icing caramelizes and thickens to the desired consistency.
  7. Spread icing onto the cooled cake layers. Stack layers; ice top and sides.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 1019 calories; 42.7 154.5 8.6 186 455 Full nutrition

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I only made the icing and it was fabulous and so EASY! for a 3 layer cake you need to 1 1/2 the recipe. I did 1 cup butter to 1 cup brown sugar Or 1 1/2 cup butter to 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, And ...

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I made this for a birthday cake and it was a hit for the birthday person and the others in the family. The icing was so thick that I could hardly spread it, but it was mmm mmm good. I found mys...

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I made this for a friend's birthday celebration. I did split each layer (making it a 6 layer cake) and I made 1 1/2 recipe of the icing so I would have plenty. It was a HUGE success--everyone l...

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Five stars!! Very good recipe! The only change I made (just my preference) was to at a few tablespoons of cornstarch to the caramel sauce. I like mine to be a little thicker consistency. Well do...

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