Caramel cake, how do you make it ?

Question

I have found various information regarding making caramel cake, some conflicting each other regarding length of time and ingredients to use. Anyone want to suggest a proven method?

Thanks

Answer 1

1/3 cup Shortning
1 cup Sugar
2 cup Cake flour
2 tsp Baking powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla(or maple)
3 x Egg whites(whipped stiff)

CARAMEL FROSTING
1 cup Brown sugar
1/3 cup Milk
1 tsp Butter
1/2 tsp Vanilla(or maple)

Frosting: Combine the sugar, milk and butter; boil steadily until the mixture forms a thread when a little is dipped up with a spoon. Add the vanilla(or maple); beat until creamy; spread on the cake while it is still warm.
Cream shortning and sugar. Mix and sift the cake flour, baking powder and salt; add to the first mixture alternately with the milk. Stir the vanilla(or maple as the case may be) and fold in the egg whites. Transfer to an oiled cake pan; and bake in a mederately hot oven(about 375) for 35 minutes. Cover with Caramel frosting .

Answer 2

google a caramel cake from the actual south I think that white lily has a recipe on their website, not sure, but the times it takes to make different cakes is because they are made from different things and cook at different temps
Try an old southern recipe
If you want more layers, cook more layers, add less batter to the pans, then of course they cook faster
you want fluffier layers, whip the eggwhites first before folding them into the batter, then the cake has to cook at a lower temp meaning taking longer to cook
Then the frosting, icing or what ever sweet thing you cover your cake with (no nasty remarks from the rest of y'all out there) the way and time it takes to make this depends on your ingredients and how hard it is to make

Answer 3

definitely go to allrecipes.com!

Answer 4

go to bettycrocker.com