Want to hook up with a recipe that's got homemade taste and can be made with a beginner's skill? Then this is for you! This easy, moist yellow cake is covered with a rich, satin caramel frosting. The flavor goes for miles!
Golden Caramel Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 1 hr 58 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 10
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1 cup milk
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
Caramel Icing
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup reserved cake batter
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans, or spray with baking spray with flour.
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Step2In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly, then on medium speed 2 minutes. Remove 1/2 cup of batter; cover and refrigerate to use in icing. Pour remaining batter into pans.
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Step3Bake and cool as directed on cake mix box.
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Step4To make icing, in heavy 2-quart saucepan, heat butter over low heat, stirring constantly, until brown; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, reserved cake batter and evaporated milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with whisk, until smooth, bubbly and almost thick; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool slightly. Fill layers and frost cake with icing. Store loosely covered.
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