BURNT CARAMEL CAKE

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Number Of Ingredients 17

1/2 cup sugar, burnt until dark
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup butter or oleo, softened
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup water
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
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Icing:
2 tablespoons burnt syrup
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons butter
2/3 cup milk or cream
2 tablespoons white corn syrup

Steps:

In heavy pot or skillet, burn 1/2cup sugar until dark. Put 1/2cup boiling water in burnt sugar; let boil to a syrup (takes about 7 minutes). Cool but keep warm. Cream sugar and butter or oleo; add the beaten eggs and beat to a creamy batter. Then add water, salt, vanilla, and burnt syrup, leaving 2 tablespoons in the skillet for Icing. Add the flour and baking powder; beat for 2 minutes. Bake in 2 (9-inch) greased and floured cake pans in preheated 350° oven 25-30 minutes. Icing: Put 2 cups sugar in skillet with burnt syrup; add butter the size of a small egg, milk or light cream, and white corn syrup. Boil until it forms a soft ball in cold water; then cool and beat. Spread on cake. If icing gets too thick to spread, add a little cream or milk.

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