Caramel Layer Cake

Name: Caramel Layer Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 8–10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3–5 tablespoons double cream; 300 g (10 oz) soft dark or light brown sugar; 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk; 25 g (1 oz) butter; 250 g (8 oz) self-raising flour; a pinch of salt; 175 g (6 oz) butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 175 g (6 oz) caster sugar, half vanilla sugar if possible; 3 large eggs (size 1–2), at room temperature; 6–8 tablespoons milk

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

American Baking

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1986

About

I feel very nostalgic about this cake. It was my favourite at what must have been one of the original hamburger restaurants in New York City: Hamburger Heaven. It has two scrumptious light cake layers frosted with a creamy caramel icing. See for a note on vanilla sugar.

Ingredients

For the cake

250 g (8 oz) self-raising flour
a pinch of salt

Americas
United States
Cake
Dessert
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven. Grease and line two 20 cm (8-inch) sandwich tins with baking parchment. Sift the flour with the salt three times and set it aside. Cream the butter and sugar until they are soft and light