Caramel Layer Cake

Ingredients

• Whites of 4 eggs
• 1 cup of butter
• 1 cup of sugar
• ½ cup of milk
• ¼ pound of flour
• 1 teaspoon of baking-powder sifted with the flour
• 2 cups good brown sugar
• 1 cup of cream
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoonful of caramel (burnt brown sugar)

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar and butter to a cream; then add milk, eggs, and flour.

2. 2

   Flavor with vanilla, and bake in layers.

3. 3

   For filling, put in granite kettle, and when it begins to boil add caramel.

4. 4

   Boil till thick, take from stove and beat till it thickens.

5. 5

   Flavor with vanilla; then spread between layers and on top.

6. 6

   Cover the top with English walnuts.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Blue grass cook book (1904) by Minnie C. Fox, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CARAMEL LAYER CAKE Whites of 4« eggs, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar, 248 CAKES ^ cup of milk, J pound of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking-powder sifted with the flour. Mix sugar and butter to a cream ; then add milk, eggs, and flour. Flavor with vanilla, and bake in layers. Filling: 2 cups good brown sugar, 1 cup of cream, 1 tablespoon butter. Put in granite kettle, and when it begins to boil add 1 tablespoonful of caramel (burnt brown sugar)

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