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Golden Caramel Cake

Want to hook up with a recipe that's got homemade taste and can be made with a beginner's skill? Then this is for you! This easy, moist yellow cake is covered with a rich, satin caramel frosting. The flavor goes for miles!
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hour 58 min
Makes: 16 servings
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Cake
1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
1cup milk
1/2cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled
1/4cup sugar
1teaspoon vanilla
1/8teaspoon baking powder
3eggs
Caramel Icing
1/2cup butter or margarine
1cup powdered sugar
1/2cup reserved cake batter
1/2cup evaporated milk
1teaspoon vanilla
1.Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans, or spray with baking spray with flour.
2.In medium bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 1 minute, scraping bowl constantly (batter will be thick). Beat 2 minutes longer. Remove 1/2 cup of batter; cover and refrigerate to use in icing. Pour remaining batter into pans.
3.Bake and cool as directed on cake mix box.
4.To make icing, heat butter in 1-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until brown; remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, cake batter and evaporated milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with wire whisk, until smooth, bubbly and almost thick; remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool slightly. Fill layers and frost cake with icing. Store loosely covered.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Increase milk to 1 1/4 cups. Omit sugar and baking powder.
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Special Touch
Caramel and chocolate are natural companions. Drizzle caramel-frosted cake servings with chocolate syrup.

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving: Calories 310 (Calories from Fat 140); Total Fat 16g (Saturated Fat 9g, Trans Fat 1 1/2g); Cholesterol 75mg; Sodium 320mg; Total Carbohydrate 39g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 27g); Protein 3Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 10%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 10%; Iron 4Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 3 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 2 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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