Real Recipes From Real Home Cooks ®

caramel frosted butter cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Lynnda Cloutier
Mission Viejo, CA

This cake improves with age. The caramel frosting flavors the cake the longer it is on. It can be made a week ahead and stored, well covered, in the fridge. Source: unknown

(1 rating)

Ingredients For caramel frosted butter cake

  • 3 cups sugar divided
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • dash salt
  • 1/3 cup butter or margarine
  • 1 pkg. regular butter cake mix, 2 layer size
  • 1 cup sosur cream
  • 3/4 cup cooking oil
  • 4 eggs

How To Make caramel frosted butter cake

  • 1
    For caramel frosting, in double boiler, put 2 cups of the sugar, heavy cream, and salt. Put over gently boiling water. Upper pan should not touch water. Bring mixture to boiling. Don't stir.
  • 2
    Meanwhile, in heavy 8 inch skillet, cook 1/2 cup of the remaining sugar over medium high heat til sugar begins to melt, shaking skillet occasionally to heat sugar evenly. Don't stir. Reduce heat to low and cook about 5 minutes more or til sugar is melted and golden brown,stirring frequently.
  • 3
    Pour melted sugar over boiling cream mixture in double boiler. Clip a candy thermometer to side of double boiler. Cook to 236 (soft ball stage). Remove upper pan from water. Stir in butter or margarine. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes or til slightly cool. Replace upper pan over gently boiling water and cook again to 236 (soft ball stage) Remove upper pan and let stand to cool while baking cake.
  • 4
    Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 10 inch fluted tube pan. For cake, in large bowl, mix cake mix, sour cream, oil and remaining 1/2 cup sugar. Beat on low speed til moistened. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on medium speed til mixed. Beat for 2 minutes more. Pour batter into prepared tube pan. Bake about 45 minutes or til toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean.
  • 5
    Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool thoroughly.
  • 6
    While cake is still warm, frost cake with caramel frosting. If frosting slides off the warm cake, spread it back onto the cake. The frosting will eventually begin to harden. Makes 12 servings.

Categories & Tags for Caramel Frosted Butter Cake:

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT