Caramel Cake/ Southern

(from maude’s recipe box)

Source: Shirley/ Perry-Spicy Southern Kitchen

Categories: Cake/Pies/Pastry

Ingredients

  • Cake
  • 1 1/2 sticks butter
  • 1 C milk
  • 2 C sifted all purpose flour
  • 2 3/4 t baking powder
  • 1 1/2 t salt
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 C sugar
  • 1 t vanilla extract
  • Caramel Icing-MY RECIPE
  • 1 pound plus 1 1/3 C brown sugar-( 1 C brown sugar=6 oz)
  • 1 1/2 sticks butter
  • 10 1/2 T EVAPORATED MILK
  • 1 1/2 t vanilla

Directions

  1. Preheat oven 325 degrees

  2. Grease and flour large jelly roll pan

  3. In a sauce pan, cook butter and milk over low heat until butter melts. Stir well and let cool to room temperature

  4. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt

  5. Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar at high speed until light yellow and smooth


  6. Stir the flour mixture into the egg until just combined

  7. Add cooled milk mixture and vanilla and stir well

  8. Pour mixture into pan

  9. Bake 25-30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the middle

  10. Cool 10 minutes

  11. Make icing:

  12. In medium saucepan with heavy bottom, combine brown sugar, butter, evaporated milk and vanilla extract.

  13. Bring to a boil

  14. Stir well and turn heat down so mixture boils gently

  15. Cook for 7 minutes

  16. Cool 5 minutes

  17. BEAT ICING WITH WOODEN SPOON FOR 2-3 MINUTES TO THICKEN

  18. Ice Cake- working quickly before icing sets up

  19. Dipping knife in hot water can help smooth out icing if needed

  20. IF ICING BECOMES TOO HARD WHILE SPREADING, CAN PLACE OVER LOW HEAT AND ADD ANOTHER 1 OR 2 T OF EVAPORATED MILK

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