Cake Recipes
Burnt Sugar Cake with Burnt Sugar Frosting
Yield: enough frosting for a 9 inch two layer cake.
Ingredients
Syrup
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup boiling water
Cake
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup cold water
- 3 tablespoons burnt-sugar syrup
Burnt-Sugar Frosting
- 2 egg whites (room temperature)
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 3 to 4 tablespoons burnt sugar syrup
- 1/4 cup cold water
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Syrup
- In a heavy skillet, heat sugar over low heat, stirring constantly, until it melts and becomes dark brown.
- Slowly add boiling water. Stir until dissolved and boil to reduce to 3/4 cup.
Cake
- In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar.
- Add vanilla extract and eggs and beat well.
- In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add dry ingredients to the egg mixture, alternately with the water, beating until smooth.
- Add 3 tablespoons of the burnt-sugar syrup and beat for 5 minutes at medium speed.
- Pour into two 9 inch greased and wax paper-lined pans and bake for 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pans, then turn onto cake racks and cool completely.
- Frost with Burnt-Sugar Frosting.
Burnt-Sugar Frosting
- Combine egg whites, brown sugar, water, sugar syrup and salt and beat one minute to blend. Pour into the top of a double boiler and cook, beating constantly, until frosting forms stiff peaks, about 7 minutes. Don't over-cook. Remove the top of the double boiler to cool the surface.
- Add vanilla extract and beat until frosting reaches spreading consistency, about 2 minutes.
- Frost cooled Burnt-Sugar Cake.
Attribution
Posted by Cookin'Mom at Recipe Goldmine 11/1/2001 10:20 pm.