Southern Caramel Cake with Jack Daniels Frosting | Restless Chipotle
Southern Caramel Cake with Jack Daniels Frosting
15 mins prepServes 10
Southern caramel cake from scratch is full of old fashioned goodness is stacked 2 layers high with a gooey pecan filling between the layers. THEN it's topped with a decadent Jack Daniels caramel frosting. This is decadently delicious!
Caramel Cake Frosting
37 Fit a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
2 Beat the butter, salt, and confectioner's sugar on medium speed in the bowl of a stand mixer until crumbly.
3 Add the caramel, beating at medium high speed until well blended and creamy.
4 Add a little of the heavy cream and beat on high until the frosting is thick and spreadable. You may need to add a little more confectioner's or cream to get the exact consistency.
Caramel Cake
7 Preheat the oven to 350°
8 Beat the egg whites until stiff. Set aside.
9 Grease 2 8-inch round cake pans, fit a round of waxed paper or parchment paper in the bottom, grease again, then dust with flour.
10 Cook the brown sugar in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring often, until it is melted.
11 Add the hot water, whisking constantly.
12 Simmer until the mixture gets syrupy - about 3 to [timer minutes=0]5 minutes[/timer].
13 Cool.
14 In the bowl of your stand mixer combine white sugar and butter, creaming until light and fluffy.
15 Add the egg yolks, one at a time beating well after each.
16 Blend in the cooled water mixture.
17 Mix the flour, baking powder and salt - set aside.
18 Mix the cold water, vanilla, and Jack Daniels.
19 Add ⅓ of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, blending well.
20 Add ½ of the water mixture. Blend well.
21 Repeat with the dry mixture, then the water, then the remaining flour mixture.
22 Fold in the egg whites gently.
23 Divide batter between prepared pans and bake for [timer minutes=0]25 minutes [/timer]or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
38 Remove the caramel cake layers from the oven.
24 Cool for 10 minutes - turn out of pans to finish cooling on a wire rack (remove the waxed paper from the bottoms!).
Pecan Filling
27 Combine sugar, flour, butter, and cream in a heavy saucepan.
28 Cook until thickened, stirring constantly
29 Add the nuts, vanilla, and salt.
30 Spoon between the layers of cooled cake.
Assembly
33 Place one layer on a cake plate.
34 Add a thick layer of pecan filling.
35 Top with the other layer.
36 Frost with the buttercream.
