Uncle honey's caramel cake
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ½ | cup | Milk |
| 1½ | cup | Flour |
| 2 | teaspoons | Baking powder |
| 1 | pinch | Salt |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 3 | cups | Sugar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Corn syrup, light -- white |
| Karo | ||
| 1 | cup | Milk |
| 1 | Stick margarine | |
Directions
ICING:
Sift flour, measure; sift again with salt. Cream shortening; add sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, beating well after each; alternately add flour and milk. Bake ingreased and floured oblong pan at 350F for 30 minutes. Icing: Put 2½ cups sugar, the milk and syrup in large boiler. While this mixture is cooking, brown the other ½ cup sugar in a heavy iron skillet. Add the ½ cup milk to mixture. Remove from heat; stir well. Add this brown sugar mixture to the boiling milk mixture. Cook to soft ball test. Remove from heat; beat in butter. Stir until cool enough to spread. A wet knife will help in spreading.
Recipe By : Telephone Pioneers of America, MS Chapter 36