Southern Style Caramel Cake

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups flour, self-rising
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• Southern Caramel Icing Recipe, double the recipe

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans.
3. Cream butter til fluffy and then add sugar and cream for about 8 more minutes.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and cream after each.
5. Add flour and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour.
6. Add vanilla and beat well.
7. Divide among pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until set.
8. Turn out of pans onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.
9. Prepare Southern Caramel Icing as cakes are cooling then ice cake.

Frosting

 

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ½ cup Crisco
• ½ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

Instructions

1. Mix all ingredients in a 3-4 quart cast iron dutch oven.
2. Swirl pan to keep ingredients moving in the pan.
3. Cook to softball stage 235º – 245º on a candy thermometer or when tested in a cup of cold water.
4. Remove from heat and beat with a wooden spoon until creamy and ready to spread.
5. This is a perfect icing for Southern Caramel Cake