Caramel Cake Recipe

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cakes4dummies Posted 17 Sep 2012 , 12:09pm
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Does anyone have a good caramel cake recipe starting with a box of white cake mix? Usually I would use the Original WASC recipe with a caramel cake mix and caramel extract, but the caramel cake mix is not currently available in my area. I have a request for a full sheet cake so I want something that will not fall apart. Any suggestions on how to make this recipe work? new recipes?

The *Original* WASC cake recipe
Ingredients
1 box cake mix (I prefer Betty Crocker) *see notes at end
1 cup flour*
1 cup granulated sugar
generous dash of salt
1 cup sour cream*
1 cup water *
3 whole eggs
Coupons
1 tablespoon flavoring*

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BakingIrene Posted 17 Sep 2012 , 4:20pm
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You want to look for a recipe using caramel ice cream topping. There may be a caramel version in the "gourmet cake flavours" thread on CC.

Or else you could do a test using 1-1/2 cups caramel ice cream sauce and 1/2 cup water to replace both the water and sugar in the WASC recipe. A little caramel flavour will help too (see what you can find from LorAnn).

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Elcee Posted 17 Sep 2012 , 11:23pm
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I make caramel cake by starting with my regular white cake recipe and replacing the white sugar with brown sugar and 1/2 the liquid with caramel sauce. This works with scratch or packaged cake mix. It's really (really, really icon_biggrin.gif ) good.

So, in the recipe you posted, I'd recommend replacing the 1 cup of granulated sugar with brown sugar and the 1 cup of water with 1/2 cup caramel sacuse and 1/ cup of water.

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cakes4dummies Posted 3 Oct 2012 , 8:43pm
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I used the brown sugar and caramel sauce and it turned out great! I also added some of the Duncan Hines frosting creations caramel flavor packet. Next time I think I might also add caramel extract. Thanks for the advice!

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BakingIrene Posted 3 Oct 2012 , 8:58pm
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Ummm...I forgot this at the time. Add some Skor bits instead of the caramel extract. They melt into the cake texture while baking, no ingredient adjustment required.

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Sal2012 Posted 27 Jan 2016 , 12:39pm
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Hi,  I am new to cake, so I am worry when I used every time a new recipe.   

Can I used choclate Betty Crocker box instead of white mix cake using the recipe above?  Please advise ASAP as I need to bake cake with few hours.  Thank you!

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kakeladi Posted 28 Jan 2016 , 5:32am
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Quote by @Sal2012 on 16 hours ago               ............Can I used choclate Betty Crocker box instead of white mix cake using the recipe above?  Please advise ASAP as I need to bake cake with few hours.   


Ugggggg.  Can't get my reply to come out of the box :(   

So very sorry no one was able to reply to your ? sooner.  Yes you can use BC chocolate mix instead of white.  Maybe by now you already have.  Are you pleased with how it came out?  

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Sal2012 Posted 18 Feb 2016 , 2:29am
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It was  came out ok, but not very chocolaty . Instead of using one cup flour, can  I substitute with 1/2 cup cocoa and 1/2 cup flour?  I need to make another cake soon ( tomorrow).  Thank you!

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kakeladi Posted 18 Feb 2016 , 5:31am
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Yes you may use 1/2 cocoa and 1/2 flour.

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Sal2012 Posted 18 Feb 2016 , 12:51pm
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Thank you!

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