Burnt Caramel Cake

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup sugar, burnt till dark
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup water
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
• 2/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 this recipe sounds a little confusing.but read it all the way through before attempting --
• 2 in heavy pot, burn 1/2 cup sugar till dark -- put 1/2 cup boiling water in burnt sugar and let boil to a syrup -- this will take about 7 minutes -- cool, but keep warm --
• 3 cream sugar and butter, add eggs and beat till creamy --
• 4 then add water, salt, vanilla and burnt syrup leaving 2 tbls in the skillet for filling --
• 5 add flour and baking powder, beat 2 minutes.
• 6 bake in 2 greased and floured cake pans in a 350* oven for 25-30 minutes.
• 7 to prepare filling:.
• 8 put 2 cups sugar in skillet with burnt syrup.add butter the size of an small egg -- milk ( or light cream) and 2 tbls corn syrup.
• 9 boil till it forms a soft ball in water -- then let mixture cool and beat again --
• 10 spread on cake.if icing gets too thick to spread -- add a little cream or milk --
• 11 take a little while to prepare but it is well worth it -- in my opinion.
• 12 i use 2-9" round cake pans -- .