1 2 3 4 Cake With Caramel Icing Food

1-2-3-4 CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven 350.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until smooth add the eggs and continue beating until smooth.
• 3. In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together and add alternately with the milk to the butter mixture, beating steadily until smooth.
• 4. Add the vanilla and beat until well blended.
• 5. Grease and flour three 9 inch cake pans, divide the batter evenly among the pans, \"spank\" the bottom of the pans to distribute the batter evenly, and bake until a straw inserted in centers comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool completely.
• 6. Meanwhile, to make the icing: melt the butter over low heat in a saucepan, add the brown sugar and milk, bring to a boil and remove from the heat to cool.
• 7. Add the powdered sugar and mix until well blended.
• 8. When the cake layers are cooled, remove from the pans, place one layer on a cake plate and spread one third of the icing on the layer.
• 9. Place a second layer over the icing and spread with more icing.
• 10. Top with the third layer and spread icing over the top and around the sides.

1-2-3-4 CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease three 9-inch-round cake pans.
• Line bottoms with waxed paper. Grease paper, and flour insides of pans.
• Combine flour and baking powder in bowl.
• Beat butter and sugar in another bowl at medium speed until smooth. Add eggs, beating until smooth.
• At low speed, alternately beat in four mixture and milk.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Scrape into prepared pans, dividing evenly.
• Bake in 350-degree oven 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
• Remove cakes from pans and cool completely on racks.
• Meanwhile, prepare icing. *NOTE: The recipe states that "although the amount of icing seems small, it is enough to frost the cake. If you wish, the recipe may be doubled." I've found this to be true, but I recommend that you either double it or make a batch & a half, which is what I do.
• Melt butter in saucepan over low heat. Add brown sugar and milk Bring to boiling, stirring to dissolve sugar.
• Remove from heat. Cool.
• Beat confectioners' sugar into milk mixture until smooth.
• Frost and stack cake layers on cake plate, spreading 1/3 cup icing between each layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining icing.

CARAMEL FROSTING I

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter, and mix in 3 tablespoons milk and brown sugar. Boil vigorously for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and beat in 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Cool slightly, and beat in the vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Add more milk if the mixture is too thick.