1 2/3 c Cake flour, sifted
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/3 c Butter
1 c Sugar
2 Egg; well beaten
1/2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
-CARAMEL FROSTING-
1 1/2 c Sugar, brown
1/2 c Sugar, white
1 c Milk
1 tb Butter
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, and sift together three
times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream
together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, then flour, alternately
with milk, a small amount at a time. Beat after each addition until
smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 8″ layer cake pans in a 375
F. oven 25 minutes. Spread caramel frosting between layers and on top
and sides of cake.
Frosting: Boil brown sugar, granulated sugar, and milk until syrup
forms a soft ball in cold water. Add butter, and remove from fire.
Cool to lukewarm (110 F.); beat until thick and creamy and of the
right consistency to spread.
New Cake Secrets, 1931
from *Cakes Men Like*
by Benjamin Darling
per Sam Waring
(sam.waring@382-91-12.ima.infomail.com)
Yields
12 Servings