This scrumptious caramel cake has all the flavor of its layered cousin with half the work.
Quick-and-Easy Caramel Cake
2014-09-13 00:37:03
Yield: 10 to 12 servings
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup half-and-half
- 1 (12-ounce) jar plus 1⁄4 cup caramel topping, divided
- Easy Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spray a 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter and sugars at high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy, stopping occasionally to scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla, beating to combine.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternating with half-and-half, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat until smooth. Spread batter in prepared pan, smoothing top with an offset spatula.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Using the handle of a wooden spoon, poke holes in top of warm cake. Pour 1⁄4 cup caramel topping over cake. Let cake stand at room temperature to absorb caramel and cool completely, approximately 2 hours.
- Spread Easy Cream Cheese Frosting over cooled cake. Pour remaining 1 jar caramel topping over frosting. Drag a butter knife through caramel topping to swirl.
BAKING TIP
- Be sure to let the cake cool completely before adding the cream cheese frosting to keep it from melting.
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Easy Cream Cheese Frosting
2014-09-13 00:40:12
Yield: approximately 4 cups
Ingredients
- 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine cream cheese and vanilla. Beat at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until creamy, approximately 2 minutes. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar, beating until smooth.
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