Golden Caramel Cake

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!

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Golden Caramel Cake

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!

  • 1 HR 58 MIN Total Time
  • 15 MIN Prep Time
  • 16 Servings

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 eggs

Caramel Icing

  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • ½ cup reserved cake batter
  • ½ cup evaporated milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

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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.

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.

Bake and cool as directed on cake mix box.

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.

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