A buttery moist Caramel Cake recipe that has stood the test of time in my family.

My Southern Caramel cake is always iced with a simple homemade caramel icing. Nothing will remain but a few crumbs when I serve this cake.

My Caramel Cake is requested as a Thanksgiving dessert every year and anytime during the year when a family member craves it. It took me a few tries to make the icing just right but I finally got it and you will too.

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This Caramel cake recipe is what I like to call a ‘tricks with cake mix cake. By the time you slice and serve, no one will know it began with a delicious buttery yellow cake mix.

Sometimes my hubby will request pecans on top of the Caramel Cake and I oblige. It’s delicious with or without pecans.
Sometimes I decorate my hubby’s Key Lime Cake with Pecans also.

Ingredients

• ½ Cup unsalted butter (NOT Margarine)
• 1 Box Butter recipe cake mix, like this
• 1 tsp. instant cappuccino (optional), I use this one
• 1⅓ Cups water
• 3 large eggs

Directions

Ste1p

Preheat your oven to 350° and prepare your cake pans. I always grease and flour the cake pans. I use three 8” round pans for this cake.

Step 2

In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat, stirring frequently, until golden brown. You will almost burn the butter but not quite. It should have nice brown specks in it.

Remove from heat and cool for about 15 minutes. The browned butter will be going into the cake mix.

Step 3

In a mixing bowl, beat together the cake mix, melted and 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).

Bake the cake

Pour cake batter into your prepared cake pans.

Bake for about 20-25 minutes depending on your oven, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Cool completely before frosting with my made-from-scratch dulce de leche caramel icing.

Caramel cake is the perfect dessert for Thanksgiving when we like to serve the very best baked dessert for our family.

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