1-2-3-4 Cake with Caramel Icing
Cake: 1 cup butter (2 sticks) 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 4 eggs -- well beaten 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Icing: 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
Ingredients
- 2cups sugar
- 3cups flour
- 4eggs -- well beaten
- 3teaspoons baking powder
- 1cupmilk
- 1teaspoonpure vanilla extract
- 1cupdark brown sugar -- firmly packed
- 2cups powdered sugar -- well sifted
Directions
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Cake: 1 cup butter (2 sticks) 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 4 eggs -- well beaten 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla e
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In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer till smooth, add the eggs and continue beating till smoot
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In a bowl, mix the flour and baking powder together and add alternately with the milk to the butter mixture, beating steadily till smooth
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Add the vanilla and beat till well blended
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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 ev
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Let cool completely
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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 th
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Add the powdered sugar and mix till well blended