Burnt-Sugar Cake
Nutrition
Calories: 443 kcalCarbohydrates: 82 gProtein: 8 gFat: 17 gSaturated Fat: 11 gCholesterol: 84 mgSodium: 251 mgFiber: 2 gSugar: 48 gVitamin A: 10.425 IUCalcium: 107 mgIron: 12 mg
Ingredients
- 2-1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 2-1/2 tsp double-acting baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1-1/2 cups sifted sugar
- 2 whole egg yolks
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoon sugar Caramelized Sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 whole Egg whites
Instructions
- Have all ingredients about 70°. Caramelize: 1/2 cup sugar
- and add very slowly: 1/2 cup boiling water
- Boil the syrup until it has the consistency of molasses. Cool it.
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Sift together: 2-1/2 Cups sifted cake flour
- 2-1/2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Cream: 1/2 cup butter
- Add gradually and cream until light: 1-1/2 cups sifted sugar
- Beat in, one at a time: 2 egg yolks
- Add the flour mixture in 3 parts to the butter mixture, alternating with: 1 cup water
- Stir the batter after each addition until smooth.
- Stir in: 3 tablespoons of the caramelized syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Whip until stiff, but not dry: 2 egg whites
- Fold them lightly into the cake batter. Bake in greased pans about 25 minutes. Spread when cool with: A white icing
- In making the icing, flavor it with: 4 teaspoons of the caramelized syrup
- in addition to the vanilla.
- Place any remaining syrup in a closed jar. It will keep indefinitely.