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Caramel Cake

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My hubby’s most requested dessert!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • ½ cups Buttermilk, Room Temperature
  • 4 whole Eggs, Room Temperature
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 2-¼ cups Flour
  • 1-½ cup Sugar
  • 1-½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Baking Soda
  • ¾ teaspoons Salt
  • 2 sticks Butter, Unsalted
  • _____
  • FOR THE FROSTING:
  • 1-½ stick Butter, UNsalted, Softened, Sliced
  • 2 cups Dark Brown Sugar (packed)
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • ½ cups Heavy Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2-½ cups Powdered Sugar

Preparation

For the cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 9-inch round, straight-sided cake pans.

In a small bowl, whisk the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Using a hand-mixer, beat in the butter, one slice at a time. Slowly add the buttermilk mixture and beat until light and fluffy. Scrape the batter, equally, into the pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean, from the middle. Let cool about an hour and remove from pans.

For the frosting: Heat one stick (8 Tablespoons) of butter, the brown sugar, and salt in a saucepan over medium heat until small bubbles appear around the edge of the pan. Whisk in the heavy cream and cook until bubbles reappear. Remove from heat and add the vanilla. Pour the hot frosting into a bowl and slowly add powdered sugar, while mixing with a hand-mixer. Beat for about 5 minutes. Add the remaining 4 Tablespoons of butter and beat until melted and the frosting is light and fluffy.

To assemble: Place 1 cake round on a platter. Spread about 3/4 cup of the frosting on the top of the first layer. Add the second layer and spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides. Let sit about 30 minutes before serving.

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kitchenlovenest on 4.12.2011

This looks awesome!! Can’t wait to bake it up. =)

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kandicimo on 4.24.2016

I made this today for a birthday (for someone who loves caramel) and it was delicious and very well received! The cake was nicely moist and the frosting was very rich. However, it did taste more like butterscotch than true caramel (which makes sense, since it’s brown sugar based and has no caramelized sugar). Also, I think the notations on the butter are backwards–the cake requires the butter to be sliced but doesn’t mention it, and the frosting does not require sliced butter (since the first step is to melt it in a pan) but says that it does.

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