American Kitchen Classic Caramel Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
10-12
ingredients
-
CAKE
- 16 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (plus more for pans)
- 3 cups cake flour, sifted (plus more for pans)
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
-
ICING
- 3 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 (15 ounce) cans evaporated milk
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter and flour three 9″ cake pans, and set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl; set aside. Whisk together milk and vanilla in a bowl; set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle, cream butter and sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- On low speed, alternately add dry ingredients in 3 batches and wet ingredients in 2 batches. Increase speed to high and beat until batter is smooth, about 5 seconds.
- Divide batter among prepared pans, and smooth top with a rubber spatula; drop pans lightly on a counter to expel any large air bubbles.
- Bake cakes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Let cakes cool for 20 minutes in pans; invert onto wire racks, and let cool.
- When ready to frost - Whisk together 3 cups sugar, butter, milk, and egg in a 6-qt. copper saucepan or Dutch oven; set aside.
- Heat remaining sugar in a small skillet over high heat, and cook, swirling pan, until sugar melts into an amber caramel, about 2 minutes.
- Immediately pour caramel into milk mixture, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat; attach a candy thermometer to side of pan, and cook, stirring bottom constantly with a wooden spoon, until thermometer reads 232°, about 40 minutes.
- Remove from heat and immediately stir in vanilla and baking soda; let sit for 1 minute.
- Using a hand mixer, beat caramel mixture on medium-low speed until the consistency of loose pudding, about 1 minute.
- Immediately place one cake on a cake stand and pour over 1/2 cup caramel icing; top with second cake and pour over 1/2 cup icing. Top with third cake and pour remaining icing around the top edge of cake and then over the center. Quickly spread icing over sides of cake; let icing cool completely before serving. Store at room temperature.
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