I couldn’t decide what I wanted to bake for Thanksgiving and then a friend posted a picture of a slice of this cake on Facebook and I wanted it immediately! With a completely unbiased opinion I tell you… I totally killed it in baking this cake! It was delicious. I think I will to make it when I am in Louisiana for Christmas!
Recipe adapted from Eddie’s House of Love.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour, self-rising
1 cup buttermilk*
2 teaspoons vanilla
* I couldn’t find buttermilk so I made my own.
Make Your Own Buttermilk:
You can use lemon juice or white vinegar
1 tablespoon of lemon juice + 1 cup of milk
Let sit for 5 minutes
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat butter until light and fluffy and then add sugar and beat for about 5 more minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and mix well after each. Add flour and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour and mix well after each. Add vanilla and beat well.
I made a 2 layer cake and 3 dozen mini cupcakes. Each layer was 16 ounces and each successful cupcake was 5 ounces, let’s just say 6 ounces made a mess. I mention this because the recipe makes a big cake! I baked the layers for 25 minutes and the mini cupcakes for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool completely. Prepare Southern Caramel Icing as cakes are cooling then frost the cake.
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They looked perfect!
Southern Caramel Frosting
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
½ cup Crisco
½ cup butter
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in a 3-4 quart cast iron dutch oven.
Swirl pan to keep ingredients moving in the pan. Cook to softball stage 235º – 245º on a candy thermometer or when tested in a cup of cold water. Remove from heat and beat with a wooden spoon until creamy and ready to spread.
Cold Water Test: Take a some of the caramel and drop it into a bowl or cup of cold water. Give it a few seconds to cool. Retrieve the caramel and try to make a little ball with it. If the caramel is gooey, the sugar concentration is still too low so continue boiling the caramel.
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A cake for one Thanksgiving and mini cupcakes for another! (My pics leave a lot to desire but the cake…well it was perfection!) Thanks Shwanna for sharing the original Caramel Cake recipe!
xoxo – Kellie