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                               Caramel Cake

Recipe By     : Ethelwyn Langston of Birmingham, Alabama
Serving Size  : 10   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   8      oz            Sour cream
     1/4  c             Milk
   1      c             Butter -- softened
   2      c             Sugar
   4                    Eggs
   2 3/4  c             All-purpose flour
   2      ts            Baking powder
     1/2  ts            Salt
   1      ts            Vanilla extract
   1      ts            Rum extract (optional)
                        Caramel Frosting

Combine sour cream and milk. Cream butter; gradually add sugar,
beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition.

Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to creamed mixture
alternately with sour cream mixture beginning and ending with flour
mixture. Mix after each addition. Stir in vanilla and, if desired,
rum extract.

Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9" round cakepans. Bake at
350°F for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick insearted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool
completely on wire racks. Spread Caramel Frosting between layers and
on top and sides of cake.

Recipe FROM: Southern Living 1990 Annual Recipes


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