Golden Caramel Cake

Prep Time : 15 Minutes
Total Time : 1 Hour 58 Minutes
Servings : 16

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!


Ingredients

Cake
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 box box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow cake mix
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 cup milk
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 3 eggs
Caramel Icing
  • Small check mark in a circle icon ½ cup butter or margarine
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 cup powdered sugar
  • Small check mark in a circle icon ½ cup reserved cake batter
  • Small check mark in a circle icon ½ cup evaporated milk
  • Small check mark in a circle icon 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

  1. Heat oven to 177°C (163°Cfor dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour two 23 cmround pans, or spray with baking spray with flour.
  2. In 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.
  3. Bake and cool as directed on cake mix box.
  4. To make icing, in heavy 1.9L 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.