Burnt sugar cake :::gwhp327

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Sugar
⅓ cup Water; hot
3 cups Cake Flour; sifted
3 teaspoons Baking Powder
¾ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Butter; or shortening
1¼ cup Sugar
3 Eggs; unbeaten
3 tablespoons Burnt sugar syrup
⅔ cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Directions

To make burnt sugar syrup, place ½ cup sugar in heavyskillet over medium flame. Stir constantly as sugar melts,then becomes dark mahogany color, and smokes notice ably. Remove at once from fire, add very slowly ⅓ cup hot water, and stir until dissolved. Cool. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt,and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each Then add 3 tbsp. burnt sugar syrup and blend.

Add flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 9-inch layer pans in moderate oven (375 degree F.) 25 to 30 minutes, or until done. Spread Burnt Sugar Frosting ( see recipe ), made with remaining burnt sugar syrup, between layers and on top and sides of cake. Decorate sides of cake with broken pecans, if desired. Kate Smith Collection 1940 Published by General Foods Corp.

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