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Chocolate Caramel Cake
The best, classic, old fashioned, easy chocolate caramel cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients from scratch. Soft and moist with silky smooth caramel icing.
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 40m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 1h 30m👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- pan
- saucepan
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Cake
2
In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, milk, oil, vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Keep aside.
Eggs (Large, Room temperature)2Vanilla extract2 tsp
3
In another mixing bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda.
Baking powder1.5 tspBaking soda1.5 tsp
4
Add the dry mixture into the wet mixture, alternating with the hot water and mix until just combined.
Water (Boiling hot)1 cup
5
Pour batter in two greased and floured round cake pan (Dimensions: 8x3).
6
Bake at 350 degrees F for about ⏱️ 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
7
Allow the cakes to cool down completely.
8
Icing
9
While the cake is baking and cooling, prepare the icing. In a nonstick saucepan, add butter, evaporated milk, and sugar and cook over medium heat until everything has fully melted.
Evaporated milk (12 oz. each)2 cans
10
Reduce heat to "medium low," stirring often and cooking uncovered for the next 1.⏱️ 5-2 hours, ensuring it doesn't burn and is thickened and darkened to a golden brown color. Icing is ready when it can THICKLY coat the back of your spoon.
11
Remove from heat and mix in vanilla extract.
Vanilla extract2 tsp
12
Let it continue cooling for ⏱️ 30-40 minutes at room temperature. It will thicken further as it cools. If it's not cooling fast enough, you can chill in the fridge for ⏱️ 20-30 minutes too.
13
Pour this on top of the cooled cake and use a spatula to spread it evenly and make swirls on top.
14
Sprinkle some chopped nuts around the top and bottom of the cake and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts
calories
974 kcal
fat Content
52 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
98 g
sodium Content
610 mg
protein Content
11 g
cholesterol Content
143 mg
carbohydrate Content
121 g
saturated Fat Content
25 g
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