2 c Cake flour -note)
2 ts Baking soda 1 c Dairy sour cream
1/2 ts Salt 1 c Boiling water
1/2 c Butter or margarine (1 cube) FILLING:
2 c Granulated sugar 1/2 c Butter or margarine (1 cube)
3 Lg. eggs 1 12 oz package caramels,
1 1/2 ts Vanilla -unwrapped
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate, 1 cn Sweetened condensed milk
-melted and cooled (see -(not evaporated)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 by 13 cake pan. Set
aside. Sift together the cake flour, baking soda and salt and set
aside.
Beat the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Blend in
the eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla and
melted chocolate. Alternately add the dry ingredients and the sour
cream to the butter mixture. Beat well after each addition. Stir in
boiling water.
(Batter will be thin) Divide cake batter in half. Pour one half into
the prepared cake pan. Bake 10 – 12 minutes, or until firm to the
touch, and remove from the oven. Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Mix
butter, caramels, and condensed milk in a sauce pan and melt over low
heat, stirring often.
Remove from the stove and pour the mixture over the baked half of the
cake.
Pour the remaining cake batter over the caramel mixture and return to
the oven. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until firm to the touch. When
cool, serve with ice cream, whipped cream or frost with your favorite
chocolate frosting.
NOTE: melt chocolate in double boiler over simmer (not boiling water)
Makes 12 servings.
Courtesy of: Joann Pierce
Yields
12 servings