Easy Caramel Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2009, America's Test Kitchen TV

Caramel frosting is delicious-rich and toffee-flavored, this unique frosting starts out creamy but quickly firms up to a fudgelike consistency. It is also notoriously tricky. Our goal was an easier, foolproof caramel icing that would bring this cake back into every baker's repertoire.

SERVES 8

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

A Southern favorite, caramel cake boasts a rich toffee-flavored frosting spread over yellow cake layers, but the best part—the caramel frosting that develops a thin, crystalline crust on its exterior—is notoriously troublesome to make. We w...

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