Easiest Way to Make Delicious Katie's Southern Caramel Cake FUSF

Katie's Southern Caramel Cake FUSF.

You can have Katie's Southern Caramel Cake FUSF using 15 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Katie's Southern Caramel Cake FUSF

1. Prepare of For the Cake.
2. You need 1 cup (2 sticks) of unsalted butter, room temperature (try a quality butter like this or this).
3. Prepare 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
4. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of granulated sugar.
5. Prepare 3 cups of sifted cake flour.
6. It's 6 of large eggs plus 2 egg yolks, room temperature.
7. You need 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
8. You need 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
9. You need 1 cup of sour cream, room temperature.
10. You need 2 tablespoons of pure vanilla extract.
11. You need of For Aunt Bev’s Caramel Icing.
12. Prepare 1 1/2 sticks of butter.
13. You need 2 (12 ounce) of cans evaporated milk.
14. You need 2 cups of granulated sugar.
15. Prepare 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.

Katie's Southern Caramel Cake FUSF step by step

1. For the Cake.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, oil and sugar on high until fully incorporated and light and fluffy, about 5-6 minutes.
4. Turn mixer to medium speed and mix in eggs and egg yolks one at a time until well incorporated.
5. Add in vanilla extract and mix.
6. Sift cake flour, baking powder and salt into a medium sized bowl.
7. With mixer on slow speed, alternate adding in flour mixture and sour cream ending with flour mixture until mixed through. Do not over mix.
8. Spray three 9 inch round cake pans with baking spray or grease and flour them.
9. Pour batter into individual cake pans evenly.
10. Bake in preheated oven for 23-30 minutes or until fully baked but DON’T OVERBAKE THESE CAKES (test them early).
11. Remove cake pans from oven and cool on cooling racks for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans and wait until completely cooled to ice.
12. For the Caramel Icing.
13. Add butter, evaporated milk, and sugar to saucepan over medium heat until everything has melted together..
14. Leave over medium to low heat stirring periodically for 1 1/2 – 2 hours (watch the entire time to make sure it does not burn) until thickened and caramel has darkened to a beautiful golden brown.
15. It should COMPLETELY coat the back of a spoon to ensure thickness.
16. Remove from heat and add in vanilla extract.
17. Cool for up to 30-45 minutes before icing the cake.