Butterscotch Cake with Caramel Icing




This Butterscotch cake is one of the best cakes I’ve ever eaten! The dreamy brown butter frosting is the perfect addition to the rich butterscotch cake.

The whole cake is covered with a salted caramel drizzle.

You can’t deny the salted caramel and butterscotch flavors in this perfect fall inspired cake

Caramel Icing is a wonderful treat and another one of those old things that fell out of favor but now is making a comeback.

There are 3 glorious layers of cake, which I made in 8-inch pans.

These are the most common pans I use for baking. If you have 9-inch pans, that will work as well, but you’ll want to adjust the baking time.

Sometimes we want to cook something easy and quick and most of all delicious.

Yesterday I didn’t know what to cook for lunch and I came up with this Butterscotch Cake with Caramel Icing which turned out to be a success!

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 Cup Butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 Cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 Cup Buttermilk

Caramel Icing:

  • 1 1/2 cups Brown Sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon flour
  • 1/4 Cup butter (plus 2 tablespoons for later)
  • 1/4 Cup Milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour (or line with parchment) two 9″ or three 6″ round pans.
Cream the butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium until fluffy. Add vanilla, then add eggs one at a time, beating on low just until they are mixed in.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Starting with the flour mixture, add the flour and the buttermilk (alternating one then the other) into the sugar/egg mixture on low speed. When everything is mixed in, scrape down the bowl by hand.
Pour batter into the pans and bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Cool before frosting.

Caramel Icing:

In a small saucepan, mix together all ingredients except the vanilla and the extra 2 Tablespoons of butter. Heat over medium and bring to a boil. Stirring frequently to prevent burning, let the mixture boil for a good one minute. (I actually use a candy thermometer and let it reach 238 degrees, but if you don’t have one, just make sure you boil it for a good solid minute). Butterscotch Cake Caramel Icing

Take off the fire and add in the vanilla and the 2 Tablespoons butter. Cool the mixture, occasionally giving it a vigorous stir, until it is still warm (but not HOT) and has thickened enough to spread. Spread it over the cake, moving fairly quickly because it will set as it cools. It will be a thin coating, not a thick layer. Let it set completely before cutting into the cake.

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