Delicious Caramel Layer Cake Recipe

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Delicious Caramel Layer Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 large egg white
  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp butter
  • 1 dash salt
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions:

  1. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray, line bottoms with parchment paper. Coat paper with cooking spray and dust with flour.
  2. Beat sugar and 1/2 cup butter at medium speed until well-blended (about 5 minutes).
  3. Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
  4. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a seperate bowl and mix.
  5. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with 1 1/4 cups milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
  6. Pour batter into prepared pans, and sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  7. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack and remove from pans. Carefully peel off parchment paper and cool completely on wire rack.
  8. Frosting:.
  9. Combine brown sugar and next 4 ingredients (brown sugar through salt) in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
  10. Reduce heat, and simmer until thick (about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
  11. Add confectioners' sugar and 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; beat at medium speed until smooth and slightly warm. Cool 2 to 3 minutes (frosting will be thin but thickens as it cools.
  12. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spoon 1/2 cup frosting on to cake layer spreading to cover. Top with remaining cake layer, frost top and sides.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 659.87 Kcal (2763 kJ)
Calories from fat 129.22 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 14.36g 22%
Cholesterol 73.5mg 25%
Sodium 190.97mg 8%
Potassium 301.02mg 6%
Total Carbs 127.6g 43%
Sugars 103.11g 412%
Dietary Fiber 0.87g 3%
Protein 6.43g 13%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.8mg 4%
Calcium 157.6mg 16%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 316.79 Kcal (1326 kJ)
Calories from fat 62.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.89g 22%
Cholesterol 35.29mg 25%
Sodium 91.68mg 8%
Potassium 144.51mg 6%
Total Carbs 61.26g 43%
Sugars 49.5g 412%
Dietary Fiber 0.42g 3%
Protein 3.08g 13%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.4mg 4%
Calcium 75.7mg 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.2
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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