Caramel Shine Cakes Food

HOMEMADE CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Sprinkle 1/3 cup sugar in a shallow, heavy 3½-qt. Dutch oven; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 3 minutes or until sugar is melted and syrup is light golden brown (sugar will clump). Remove from heat.
• Stir together 1 Tbsp. flour and 2½ cups sugar in a large saucepan; add milk, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
• Gradually pour about one-fourth hot milk mixture into caramelized sugar, stirring constantly; gradually stir in remaining hot milk mixture until smooth. (Mixture will lump, but continue stirring until smooth.)
• Cover and cook over low heat 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium; uncover and cook, without stirring, until a candy thermometer reaches 238° (soft-ball stage, about 10 minutes). Add butter, stirring until blended. Remove from heat and let stand, without stirring, until temperature drops to 110° (about 1 hour).
• Pour into bowl of heavy-duty electric stand mixer. Add vanilla, and beat at medium speed (setting 4) with whisk attachment until spreading consistency (about 20 minutes).

SOUTHERN CARAMEL CAKE

Steps:

• Use the first 10 ingredients for the cake.
• Sift cake flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium sized bowl.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray three 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray OR grease and flour them.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream 1 cup unsalted butter, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, and 2 1/2 cups sugar on high until fully incorporated and light and fluffy, about 5 to 6 minutes.
• Turn mixer to medium speed and mix in eggs and egg yolks one at a time until well incorporated.
• Add in vanilla extract and mix.
• With the mixer on slow speed, alternate adding in flour mixture and sour cream, ending with flour until mixed through.
• Do not overmix.
• Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
• Bake in preheated oven for 23-30 minutes or until fully baked. (Over-baking will dry these cakes out).
• 11. Place on cooling rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove cakes from pan and cool completely.
• Use last four ingredients for Caramel Icing.
• Add butter, evaporated milk, and 2 cups sugar to saucepan over medium heat until everything has melted together.
• Leave over medium to low heat, stirring periodically, for about 1 1/2 to 2 hours (keeping an eye on it so it doesn't burn) until thickened and caramel has darkened to a golden brown. It should coat the back of a spoon. Reduce heat while cooking if necessary to prevent burning.
• Remove from heat and add vanilla extract.
• Cool for 15 to 20 minutes before icing the cake.

CARAMEL SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and all three spices.
• Mix well; set aside.
• In another bowl, beat egg yolks, oil and water together.
• Stir in lemon juice, beat for 2 minutes.
• Gradually beat into dry ingredients, until smooth.
• In another small bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff, but not dry; Fold into batter, mix well (do not beat).
• Pour batter into buttered prepared baking pan.
• Bake 50-55 minutes, or until cake test done.
• TO MAKE ICING: In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and stir in flour and salt.
• Cook for 1 minute while stirring (do not brown butter).
• Stir in cream; cook until mixture thickens.
• Remove from heat and add in brown sugar, mix well.
• Let cool for 5 minutes.
• Add icing sugar and vanilla; mix well.
• Spread cake with caramel icing; serve immediately.

BANANA CARAMEL CAKE WITH MASCARPONE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Butter 2 9-inch round cake pans; line bottoms with parchment paper. Butter the parchment and dust with flour, tapping out the excess; set aside.
• Into a medium bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• In a small bowl, stir together mashed bananas, sour cream, and vanilla; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat 1 1/2 sticks butter and 1 2/3 cups sugar on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 3-4 minute Scrape down the sides as needed.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• With the mixer on low speed, add the flour mixture in two parts, beating until well combined after both additions, 2-3 minute.
• Using a rubber spatula, fold in the reserved mashed banana mixture, being careful not to overmix.
• Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake 30-35 min, or until golden and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool for 20 minute.
• Invert cakes onto the rack; peel off the parchment paper and reinvert cakes, and let them cool completely, top sides up.
• Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar into a large skillet; cook over high heat, shaking the pan occasionally, until sugar is caramelized.
• Remove from heat and stir in 3 Tbs butter until melted.
• Return pan to medium heat and add the sliced bananas. Cook until slices start to brown, 1-2 minute Gently turn the bananas, and cook over medium-high heat until browned, about 2 more minute.
• Using a serrated knife, trim the tops of the layers to make them level.
• Place one layer on a cake plate and arrange the caramelized banana slices on top. Make sure the entire top is covered.
• Place the remaining layer on top and frost with mascarpone frosting.
• To make the frosting:.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the mascarpone, cream and confectioners' sugar until medium-soft peaks form, about 1-2 minute Be careful not to overbeat, and use immediately.

CREAM CARAMEL CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: allow butter, egg yolks, egg whites and buttermilk to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans; set aside.
• In a bowl add all of your dry ingredients (except sugar); set aside.
• In a mixing bowl beat butter to soften it up then add sugar and beat until creamy. Beat one egg yolk in at a time. Beat on high for 5 minutes.
• Alternately add flour and buttermilk to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat on low speed after each addition just until combined. Combine liqueurs and vanilla and gently stir into batter.
• Thoroughly wash beaters. In a seperate mixing bowl beat egg whites on medium to high speed until stiff peaks form (tips stand straight up). Fold half of egg whites into batter gently. Then add the other half and fold gently.
• Divide batter among prepared pans. Bake for 20-25 minutes at 325° or until cake top springs back when touched. Cool cake in pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cakes and cool thoroughly.
• While cake cools prepare frosting by beating 1 cup of butter until smooth. Gradually add 2 cups of powdered sugar, beating well. Slowly beat in 6 tbsps of liqueurs (combined to your liking). Beat in vanilla. Gradually add remaining cups of powdered sugar, beating until smooth and of spreading consistency.
• To assemble: place one layer of cake on serving plate and spread with 3/4 cup of frosting. Repeat process with addition layers and frost side of cake. This is best when cake has sat overnight or for 24 hours.

CARAMEL DREAM CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease & flour bundt pan or tube pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix sour cream, Caramel Liqueur and eggs together until well mixed.
• Add the white cake mix and instant vanilla pudding mix and beat for 2 minutes on medium speed.
• Fold in 1 cup of the white chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into pan and bake for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes, then remove.
• Melt 1 cup of white chocolate chips (I do this carefully in the microwave).
• Add the confectioner's sugar and Caramel Liqueur, mix well with a fork.
• Drizzle the glaze on the cake.

CARAMEL SHINE CAKES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Butter (I used butter flavored Crisco and it came out just fine) and flour the bundt pan (I used the mini individual bundt pans (makes 12 small ones---we can't eat a whole cake!). If you have a family of 4+, go ahead and use the regular bundt pan.
• 2. In one large mixing bowl, combine the flour, 1 1/3 cup sugar, apple pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, salt and apples that have been tossed with 1/4 cup sugar. Toss
• 3. In another bowl, combine the eggs and oil. Whisk in sour cream, orange zest, buttermilk and Caramel Shine. Pour the egg mix into the dry ingredients and mis with an electric mixer just until incorporated.
• 4. In another bowl, mix the can of pumpkin pie filling (NOT pure pumpkin) with the recommended ingredients for a pie.
• 5. First: Pour half the cake batter in the bundt pan. SAVE the other half for the top of the cake.
• 6. Second: Pour pumpkin pie mix (about 1 1/2 cups) over the top of the batter in the pan.
• 7. Third: Pour the rest of the cake batter over the top of the pumpkin pie mix.
• 8. Bake your cake(s) about 45 minutes or until the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and then invert.
• 9. NOTE: I made a double recipe for this because I did individual cakes. If you are making one bundt cake, one recipe for the caramel sauce should be enough. BE CAREFUL HERE: My sugar, corn syrup crystalized when I added the cream. Lower the heat and continue stirring until you get a nice thickish caramel and the crystalized sugar relaxes into a nice caramel. Caramel Sauce: While your cake(s) is/are cooling, Stir the sugar, corn syrup, and 2 tablespoons water in a small saucepan. Bring it to a boil over medium heat and cook, swirling the pan NOT stirring until the sugar is a dark amber colored caramel, about 15 minutes. Pull pan from the heat and carefully pour in the cream (it WILL splatter). Stir in the pecans, salt and Caramel Moonshine. Cool until caramel becomes thick and syrupy, pour over the cake.