In a 3 qt.
Yellow cake with caramel icing recipe.
Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
Add baking powder and salt to mixture alternately with milk.
A classic favorite southern caramel cake is just a regular yellow cake frosted with a sweet caramel cake icing some folks like to drizzle the caramel icing in between the layers and just let it drip from the top down the sides and others like to make a thicker caramel cake.
Flour and 2 cups sugar in a large saucepan.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip butter for 8 minutes.
Add remaining ingredients except caramel and mix on low speed for 1 minute then on medium for 4 minutes.
Sprinkle 1 3 cup sugar in a shallow heavy 3 qt.
Ingredients 1 teaspoon vanilla extract icing.
Spread with 1 2 cup caramel pecan frosting and top with remaining layer.
The classic caramel cake recipe has a moist yet slightly dense but still light yellow butter cake that isn t too sweet because the caramel icing is the true star of the party.
Classic yellow cake with caramel frosting 1.
Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
Butter will become very pale creamy.
It creates the best caramel cake recipe.
I made this cake recently and went crazy over the salted caramel frosting.
Cream sugar butter and crisco.
Let cake layers cool for 10 min.
Place 1 cake layer on a plate.
The classic southern caramel cake doesn t shortcut the caramel icing recipe with a quick brown sugar butterscotch method which is a caramel frosting substitution.
Southern caramel cake with homemade caramel icing from butter sugar and milk.
It is sweet yet salty and pairs perfectly with this moist and fluffy yellow cake.
Pour into greased tube pan and bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Frost cake with caramel icing garnish with pecan halves and grated orange peel if desired.
Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.
For easy caramel icing.
To make the salted caramel frosting you use butter dark brown sugar heavy cream powdered sugar and sea salt.
1 16 ounce package brown sugar 1 cup butter 1 4 teaspoon salt 2 3 cup evaporated milk 1 16 ounce package confectioners sugar sifted 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract add all ingredients to list.
Invert onto cooling racks and let cool completely.
For the icing 3 4 cup salted butter 1 and 1 2 sticks 3 and 1 2 cup brown sugar 1 2 cup plus 1 3 cup evaporated milk or heavy cream 1 4 teaspoon salt 1 and 1 2 teaspoons vanilla.
Saucepan combine all ingredients.
Stir together 1 tbsp.
Frosting will be very light creamy and fluffy.