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| Caramel - Vanilla Cake |
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 3/4 cups cake flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 180 C. Grease and flour 9-inch cake pans. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until combined. Beat in vanilla.
2. In a seperate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Add about 1/4 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until combined. Add 1/4 of the milk and beat. Continue to alternate additions of flour mixture and milk untill combined.
3. Pour into prepared pans and bake for 20 minutes. Transfer pans to wire rack to cool completely.
For caramel icing:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
1. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and stir to combine. Turn the heat to medium-high and continue stirring until mixture comes to a boil. Continue stirring and allow to boil for 2 minutes.
2. Add milk and stir to combine. Bring mixture to boil again. Remove mixture from heat and allow to cool. Whisk in powdered sugar until spreading consistency is achieved.
3. Turn 1 cake onto cake stand. Spread a thin layer of icing on top and position second cake on top of that. Use remaining icing to ice top and sides of cake.
