This Caramel cake recipe has been a family favorite for many years.
I am required to make it every year at Thanksgiving and anytime during the year when someone starts thinking about it. It took me a few tries to be able to make the icing just right but I finally got it and you will too.
Sometimes my hubby will request pecans on top of the Caramel Cake and I oblige. It’s delicious with or without pecans. If you want your family to stop by for a visit, just make one of these Caramel Cakes and they will start loading the car.
Caramel Cake
Cuisine: Dessert
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Serves: 10
The best ever caramel cake begins with a good cake recipe.
Ingredients
- ½ Cup butter (NOT Margarine)
- 1 Box Butter recipe cake mix
- 1 tsp. instant cappuccino (optional)
- 1⅓ Cups water
- 2 tsp. vanilla (I use Watkins Clear Vanilla)
- 3 large eggs
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350.
- Prepare you cake pans with grease and flour. I use three 8” round pans for this cake.
- In 1qt. saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, stirring frequently, just until golden brown. You will almost burn the butter but not quite. It should have nice brown specs in it.
- Remove from heat and cool for about 15 minutes.
- In mixing bowl, beat together the cake mix, browned butter, water, vanilla and eggs on low just until blended. Then on medium for about 2 minutes. (You will see the brown flecks from the butter).
- Pour cake batter into prepared pans.
- Bake about 20-25 minutes depending on your oven, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting
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The pictures in this post are of cakes I made for family events in recent years. None of them are professionally posed pics which is what I like the most!
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Shirley Wood
Hi, I'm Shirley; recipe creator, crafting enthusiast and penny pincher from way back. Join me on my journey of domestic living and isn't everything domestic!
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Pamela @ Still Dating My Spouse says
Looks delicious. Carmel extract do I find it on the same aisle as the vanilla extract?
Thanks for the recipe.
Shirley Wood says
Pamela, the only place I have ever been able to find Caramel extract is through Watkins products. They have a website which you can order from. I picked up a card when I purchased mine from a booth at the fair recently. http://www.JRWatkins.com/sonsultant/felty
Hope this helps. It sure is a good cake!
Kayla Norman says
Seriously mouth watering!
Amanda Smith says
This is right up our alley! My son has a chocolate allergy and finding yummy cakes can be hard!
Shirley Wood says
Thanks, Amanda. Let me know how ya’ll like it when you make it.
theroadtodomestication.com says
OH. MY. GOSH. You’re killing me, Shirley! That looks amazing! And on a side note, I LOVE that cake stand, too!
Shirley Wood says
Thanks, the cake stand is Avon. It has been in our family for many years. I don’t remember the name of that line but I think it was back in the either late ’70’s or sometime in the 80’s.
butterflyangelsquilting says
Oh WOW! I really think I’m trying this. and SOON!
Shirley Wood says
Let me know how you like it when you make it!