Burnt Sugar Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 3 tablespoons burnt sugar (see instructions as follows)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 burnt sugar: melt 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy pan over low heat stirring constantly until dark brown.
• 2 add 1/2 cup boiling water and cook until mixture looks like molasses.
• 3 cake: sift flour, measure, add salt and baking powder and sift together.
• 4 in a separate bowl, cream shortening.
• 5 add sugar gradually and cream well.
• 6 add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture, beating thoroughly after each addition.
• 7 add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk.
• 8 add burnt sugar and vanilla.
• 9 bake in two greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans in a moderate oven (350 deg f); 30-35 minutes.
• 10 cool and frost with broiled frosting colored with burnt sugar.