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3 Layer Vanilla Cake With Salted Caramel Sauce

Miss Kabaki
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 35 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

For The Cake

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract

For The Buttercream

  • 1 cup Softened unsalted butter
  • 4 cups Confectioner's sugar
  • 1/3 cup Whole milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Salted Caramel Sauce (Make in advance)

  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Water
  • 1/2 cup Whole milk
  • 2 tbsp Unsalted butter
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Instructions
 

Caramel Sauce (Make in advance)

  • Place sugar in a medium pot, add sugar and place the pot on medium high heat. Let the suagr dissolve without stirring it.
  • Let it continue cooking over high until it turns into a dark amber color. The sauce will first turn into a light brown color then to a dark brown color.
  • Switch off the heat and add milk while whisking vigorously and quickly. The mixture will bubble up then boil. Add the butter and return to heat as you whisk to boil again.
  • Add salt at this time, whisk and remove from heat.
  • Let it cool completely about 2 hours, the transfer into a container and cool in the fridge to thicken.

The Cake

  • Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees C and grease and flour your baking tin.
  • In one bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
  • In another bowl, add sugar and oil. Using a hand mixture beat the two until pale. Add eggs and beat the n add milk and vanilla until well incorporated.
  • Add the flour mixture bit by bit as you whisk until it's incorporated into the wet mixture.
  • Spread the mixture into your prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. If using one pan, cook one after the other.
  • Place the cakes on a wire rack to cool completely.

Caramel Buttercream

  • In a large bowl and using a hand mixture, beat the softened butter until it turns pale, about 2 minutes.
  • Add sugar a table spoon at a time as you whisk on low. Add milk and vanilla and beat on high. Add salt last and combine. Adjust the consistency as you like.

The Assembly

  • Level the cakes slightly and place the first layer on a cake stand. Top with buttercream evenly and place the next layer. repeat with the other layers.
  • Frost and smooth the other layer of the cake then place in the fridge to chill.
  • Using a small spoon, place dollops of caramel around the top edges of the cake and allow it to drizzle down.
  • Top with popcorns and Oreo biscuits (optional)
Keyword caramel sauce, layered cake, vanilla cake