Food and Recipes Desserts Caramel Cake Recipe 3.0 (2) 2 Reviews Deliciously sweet, blissfully festive, and quintessentially Southern, the Caramel Cake is a must-have dessert on your holiday table. By Southern Living Editors Updated on February 9, 2023 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Prep Time: 15 mins Bake Time: 35 mins Cool Time: 1 hrs 10 mins Total Time: 2 hrs Yield: 8 servings Jennifer Davick Ingredients 1 (8-oz.) container sour cream 1/4 cup milk 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 4 large eggs 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Caramel Frosting Directions Preheat oven to 350°. Combine sour cream and milk. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture alternately with sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at medium-low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks, and let cool 1 hour or until completely cool. Spread Caramel Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake. Rate it Print