Burnt Sugar Cake Betty Crocker Circa 1956 Food

BURNT SUGAR CAKE II

Steps:

• Prepare burnt sugar by placing 1/2 white sugar into a heavy skillet over medium high heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon as sugar melts. When it becomes very dark brown, remove from heat, add hot water very slowly and stir until dissolved. Set aside to cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Line two 9 inch round baking pans with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together three times.
• Cream the butter or margarine with the remaining 1 1/4 cups white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Stir in the vanilla and the burnt sugar syrup mixture.
• Add the dry ingredients and milk alternately to the creamed mixture. Beat until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes.

BURNT SUGAR FROSTING

Steps:

• Place half of the cup sugar in a heavy skillet and cook, stirring over medium heat till melted.
• Add the boiling water and stir till a syrup forms.
• heat the remaining 2 cups of sugar and milk.
• Add the cooked sugar mixture and cook to 234* -- soft ball stage.
• Cool for 10 minutes without stirring.
• Add the butter, salt and vanilla.
• Beat till thick enough to spread easily.
• If frosting becomes too stiff, add some milk.
• enough frosting for 1 8" or 9" double layer cake.

BETTY CROCKER COFFEE CAKE CIRCA 1973

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Combine oil, eggs and milk in a medium bowl. Mix dry ingredients in large bowl.
• Mix wet ingredients into the flour mixture until combined.
• Spread batter into a sprayed 9 x 13 baking pan. Combine topping ingredients and sprinkle over batter.
• Bake for 35 minutes. Let cool about 15 minutes before eating.

BURNT SUGAR CAKE

Steps:

• Burnt Sugar Syrup:.
• Heat 1 cup sugar in a large skillet over low heat.
• until melted and amber colored;.
• remove from heat.
• Carefully stir in 1 cup boiling water until sugar is disolved; cool.
• Pepare burnt sugar syrup, cool.
• Measure 1/2 for cake.
• Reserve 3 tablespoons or more for frosting.
• Sift flour, salt and baking powder onto wax paper.
• Grease two 9 by 1 1/2 inch layer cake pans.
• line with wax paper.
• grease wax paper.
• Preheat oven to moderate (350 degrees).
• Beat butter with one cup of the sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in a large bowl.
• Beat until fluffy.
• Beat in the 1/2 cup burnt sugar syrup.
• Stir in flour mixture alternately with the milk.
• beating after each addition.
• until batter is smooth.
• Beat egg whites in a medium size bowl.
• until foamy.
• Beat in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar slowly.
• until meringne forms soft peaks.
• Fold meringne into batter until no streaks of white remain.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated moderate (350 degree) oven.
• for 25 minutes or.
• until center springs back when lightly touched with fingertip.
• cool pans on wire rack 5 minutes.
• Remove from pans.
• Peel off paper.
• cool completely.
• Fill and frost with Burnt Sugar Frosting.
• Garnish with pecan halves and chopped pecans.
• Burnt Sugar Frosting:.
• Mix cream cheese and butter together until well blended.
• Gradually add confectioners sugar, burnt sugar syrup and vanilla.
• Frost layers, top and sides with frostin.
• Garnish top with pecan halves around the rim of cake.
• Press chopped pecans arounds sides of cake.

BURNT SUGAR CAKE

Steps:

• Burnt Sugar: Melt 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy pan over low heat stirring constantly until dark brown.
• Add 1/2 cup boiling water and cook until mixture looks like molasses.
• Cake: Sift flour, measure, add salt and baking powder and sift together.
• In a separate bowl, cream shortening.
• Add sugar gradually and cream well.
• Add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk.
• Add burnt sugar and vanilla.
• Bake in two greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans in a moderate oven (350 deg F); 30-35 minutes.
• Cool and frost with broiled frosting colored with burnt sugar.