Quick-and-Easy Caramel Cake

This scrumptious caramel cake has all the flavor of its layered cousin with half the work.

Quick-and-Easy Caramel Cake
Yield: 10 to 12 servings
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Ingredients
  1. ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  2. ½ cup sugar
  3. ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  4. 3 large eggs
  5. 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  6. 2 cups cake flour
  7. 2 teaspoons baking powder
  8. ½ teaspoon salt
  9. ¾ cup half-and-half
  10. 1 (12-ounce) jar plus 1⁄4 cup caramel topping, divided
  11. Easy Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spray a 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  1. 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
Yield: approximately 4 cups
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Ingredients
  1. 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  2. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  3. 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
  1. 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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