Caramel Crunch Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/4 cups cake flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup egg yolk
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup egg
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup brewed coffee
• 1/4 cup karo light corn syrup (golden syrup may be used)
• 3 teaspoons sieved baking soda
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350f.
• 2 mix cake flour and sugar together; add egg yolks, water, lemon juice and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• 3 in a large bowl beat egg whites, cream of tartar and salt until a fine foam forms through.
• 4 gradually add sugar and continue beating until meringue is firm and stands in peaks.
• 5 fold batter gently into meringue until just blended; do not stir.
• 6 gently spoon batter into ungreased tube pan.
• 7 cut through batter with a knife to break up bubbles and level mixture.
• 8 bake in preheated oven for 50-55 minutes or until top springs back when touched.
• 9 remove from oven; immediately turn over and place tube over neck of funnel or bottle to cool.
• 10 let stand until cool, then loosen with spatula and place on plate.
• 11 split cake into four layers.
• 12 while cake is baking, combine sugar, coffee and syrup in a deep saucepan; stir and bring to a boil and cook until hard crack stage or 310 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• 13 remove from heat and immediately add soda and stir vigorously just until topping thickens and pulls away from sides of pan.
• 14 immediately pour into ungreased shallow metal pan.
• 15 do not stir or spread; let cool without moving.
• 16 knock out of pan and crush into coarse crumbs between sheets of waxed paper with rolling pin.
• 17 whip cream, sugar and vanilla until stiff.
• 18 spread half of cream between layers and remainder on top and sides.
• 19 refrigerate until ready to serve.
• 20 just before serving, cover cake with crushed caramel candy.