Burnt sugar cake is a classic dessert that has been enjoyed for centuries. It is a moist and flavorful cake with a rich, caramel-like flavor. The cake is made with a combination of burnt sugar, flour, butter, eggs, and milk. The burnt sugar gives the cake its distinctive flavor and color. Burnt sugar cake is often served with a whipped cream or ice cream topping. It can also be used as a base for other desserts, such as trifles and parfaits. If you are looking for a delicious and impressive dessert, burnt sugar cake is a perfect choice.
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BURNT SUGAR CAKE
This is another old recipe I had from Family Circle Magazine, February 1982. This is a delicious cake with a wonderful burnt sugar flavor. The color of the cake is a beautiful deep golden color. The frosting recipe follows the cake recipe.
Provided by Jane from Ohio
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Burnt Sugar Syrup:.
- Heat 1 cup sugar in a large skillet over low heat.
- until melted and amber colored;.
- remove from heat.
- Carefully stir in 1 cup boiling water until sugar is disolved; cool.
- Pepare burnt sugar syrup, cool.
- Measure 1/2 for cake.
- Reserve 3 tablespoons or more for frosting.
- Sift flour, salt and baking powder onto wax paper.
- Grease two 9 by 1 1/2 inch layer cake pans.
- line with wax paper.
- grease wax paper.
- Preheat oven to moderate (350 degrees).
- Beat butter with one cup of the sugar, egg yolks and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Beat until fluffy.
- Beat in the 1/2 cup burnt sugar syrup.
- Stir in flour mixture alternately with the milk.
- beating after each addition.
- until batter is smooth.
- Beat egg whites in a medium size bowl.
- until foamy.
- Beat in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar slowly.
- until meringne forms soft peaks.
- Fold meringne into batter until no streaks of white remain.
- Pour into prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated moderate (350 degree) oven.
- for 25 minutes or.
- until center springs back when lightly touched with fingertip.
- cool pans on wire rack 5 minutes.
- Remove from pans.
- Peel off paper.
- cool completely.
- Fill and frost with Burnt Sugar Frosting.
- Garnish with pecan halves and chopped pecans.
- Burnt Sugar Frosting:.
- Mix cream cheese and butter together until well blended.
- Gradually add confectioners sugar, burnt sugar syrup and vanilla.
- Frost layers, top and sides with frostin.
- Garnish top with pecan halves around the rim of cake.
- Press chopped pecans arounds sides of cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 644.5, Fat 31.1, SaturatedFat 17.4, Cholesterol 126.6, Sodium 406.1, Carbohydrate 86.5, Fiber 1, Sugar 57.6, Protein 6.9
BURNT SUGAR CAKE
This was a cake Mom made when I was a child. She didn't make it very often, but when she did...oh la la!
Provided by Cindy Lynn
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Yield 2 8inch layers
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Burnt Sugar: Melt 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy pan over low heat stirring constantly until dark brown.
- Add 1/2 cup boiling water and cook until mixture looks like molasses.
- Cake: Sift flour, measure, add salt and baking powder and sift together.
- In a separate bowl, cream shortening.
- Add sugar gradually and cream well.
- Add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture, beating thoroughly after each addition.
- Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk.
- Add burnt sugar and vanilla.
- Bake in two greased and floured 8-inch round layer cake pans in a moderate oven (350 deg F); 30-35 minutes.
- Cool and frost with broiled frosting colored with burnt sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1778.6, Fat 62, SaturatedFat 17.3, Cholesterol 228.6, Sodium 1168, Carbohydrate 283.9, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 169.8, Protein 24.8
BURNT SUGAR CAKE I
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease three 9 inch round cake pans.
- In a small saucepan bring 1 cup of the water to a boil, slowly add 1/2 cup of the sugar and cook to a thick syrup.
- Sift together the flour with the baking powder and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter or margarine with 1 1/2 cups of the sugar. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- In another bowl, combine milk and sugar/water mixture. Add the vanilla and mix well.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the milk mixture to the creamed butter or margarine mixture. Stir until just combined. Pour batter equally into three greased 9 inch round cake pans.
- Bake for about 30 minutes at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). When cool, glaze with burnt sugar syrup.
- To Make Glaze: In a small saucepan bring 1 cup water to a boil, slowly add 1/2 cup of the sugar and cook to a thick syrup. Pour over top of cooled cake layers.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 135.5 calories, Carbohydrate 22.3 g, Cholesterol 26.2 mg, Fat 4.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 141.3 mg, Sugar 14.3 g
BURNT SUGAR CAKE (BETTY CROCKER: CIRCA 1956)
This recipe is in response to a request for the Betty Crocker (1950-1960) version of the cake. I have tried to retain the authenticity of the period, hence the repetition of the ingredient amounts throughout the recipe. I hope you enjoy it. Mom used to make this one sometimes too!
Provided by Cindy Lynn
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 18 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Syrup: To make syrup first caramelize the 1/2 cup sugar in a heavy skillet over low heat until clear and medium brown, shaking pan gently to keep from burning.
- Remove from heat.
- Add slowly, stirring constantly, 1/2 cup boiling water.
- Stir over low heat until lumps are dissolved.
- Measure and add water to make 1 cup liquid.
- Cool.
- Cake: Sift together into bowl, 2 1/4 cups sifted Softasilk flour, 1 cup sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt.
- Add 1/2 cup soft shortening and 2/3 cup cooled caramel-water mixture.
- Beat 2 minutes.
- Add remaining 1/3 cup cooled caramel-water mixture, 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
- Beat 2 more minutes.
- Pour into greased and floured pans (2 8-inch pans, or 2 9-inch pans, or 1 9 X 13 oblong pan).
- Makes a small cake.
- Bake until cake tests done.
- Cool.
- Finish with Creamy Burnt Sugar Icing.
- Preheat 350°F (moderate oven) 8-inch layers 30-35 minutes 9-inch layers 25-30 minutes oblong 9 X 13 35-40 minutes.
- Creamy Burnt Sugar Icing: First make another caramel sugar-water mixture following directions in recipe above.
- Caramelize 1/2 cup sugar.
- Add 1/4 cup boiling water.
- DO NOT ADD any more water!
- Melt in saucepan 1/2 cup shortening (part butter).
- Remove from heat and add 2 1/2 tablespoons Softasilk flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- Stir in slowly caramel-water mixture.
- Bring to boil stirring constantly.
- Boil 1 minute.
- If mixture curdles, do not be alarmed.
- Remove from heat.
- Beat in alternately, 3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar and about 3 tablespoons water.
- Set saucepan in bowl of cold water.
- Beat until consistency to spread.
- Stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
- If it becomes too thick to spread, add a little water.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.9, Fat 11.9, SaturatedFat 3, Cholesterol 23.5, Sodium 230.3, Carbohydrate 42.4, Sugar 41.9, Protein 0.7
BURNT SUGAR CAKE II
Steps:
- Prepare burnt sugar by placing 1/2 white sugar into a heavy skillet over medium high heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon as sugar melts. When it becomes very dark brown, remove from heat, add hot water very slowly and stir until dissolved. Set aside to cool.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F). Line two 9 inch round baking pans with parchment paper.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together three times.
- Cream the butter or margarine with the remaining 1 1/4 cups white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating thoroughly after each. Stir in the vanilla and the burnt sugar syrup mixture.
- Add the dry ingredients and milk alternately to the creamed mixture. Beat until smooth. Pour batter into the prepared pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 185.2 calories, Carbohydrate 29.1 g, Cholesterol 39 mg, Fat 6.7 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 2.5 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 162.2 mg, Sugar 15 g
OLD-FASHIONED BROWN SUGAR CAKE
Not sure where this cake recipe came from, my mom passed it to me many years ago. We use it as a great holiday favorite but I usually sneak it in a couple times a year. It's a great treat to bring to a party or work. The brown sugar and almond extract give it a distinctive taste.
Provided by kinapela
Categories Desserts Cakes Bundt Cake Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a fluted tube pan.
- Combine brown sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended.
- Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl. Stir vanilla extract and almond extract into buttermilk. Add flour and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the creamed butter mixture, beating well between additions.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399.9 calories, Carbohydrate 57.6 g, Cholesterol 88 mg, Fat 17 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 10.3 g, Sodium 360.7 mg, Sugar 37.4 g
TEXAS HERITAGE BURNT SUGAR CAKE
I entered this recipe in a local cooking contest many years ago and it was first runnerup to the winner of the dessert category. I think the original recipe came from the Imperial Sugar Company in Sugarland, Texas but I made a few changes to suit my tastes.
Provided by Susie in Texas
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In small heavy saucepan over medium heat, heat 1/2 cup granulated sugar until melted and light caramel in color, stirring frequently.
- Remove from heat; slowly and carefully stir in 1/2 cup boiling water and praline liqueur until blended.
- Refrigerate this burnt sugar syrup to cool.
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 9-inch fluted tube pan or bundt cake pan.
- To toast the pecans, heat a dry medium sized skillet over very low heat.
- Add pecans and stir frequently for about 3-5 minutes or until pecans are golden brown.
- Set aside to cool, reserving 1/2 cup pecans for topping.
- In large bowl using a mixer at medium speed, combine butter, 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, cooled burnt sugar syrup, eggs, milk, vanilla, flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
- Mix for about 4 minutes until thoroughly blended and smooth.
- Stir cooled 1 cup pecans into cake batter.
- Pour batter into prepared cake pan; bake 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes.
- Remove cake from pan; cool completely on rack.
- Sprinkle cake with confectioner's sugar, if desired.
- Set aside.
- In small heavy sauce pan over medium heat, heat the remaining 1/2 cup granulated sugar until melted and light caramel in color, stirring frequently.
- Using spoon, drizzle the burnt sugar over cake; sprinkle 1/2 c.
- pecans on top and let stand about 5 minutes to cool and to allow the burnt sugar to set.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 373.3, Fat 17.4, SaturatedFat 6.7, Cholesterol 51.5, Sodium 148.6, Carbohydrate 51.5, Fiber 1.6, Sugar 31.8, Protein 4.7
BURNT BROWN SUGAR CAKE SAUCE
This is a recipe I had at a German friends' house. As the title suggests, it's a sauce poured over dense white cake, like a pound cake or stale old cake, to give it a second life.
Provided by MISSCANADA
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes Dessert Sauce Recipes
Time 10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Slowly stir the brown sugar into the butter, allowing it to melt completely. Bring to a boil and cook until the sugar caramelizes and gives off a burnt smell, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and pour the hot water into the saucepan; mix until combined. You will have a sauce that is very liquid. Pour over pieces of cake and serve immediately. Best for stale white cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 155.4 calories, Carbohydrate 27 g, Cholesterol 15.3 mg, Fat 5.8 g, Protein 0.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 50.4 mg, Sugar 26.7 g
BURNT-SUGAR CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING
An old recipe to share with you! I comes from St. Paul's Ladies Aid (Church). One of those loved recipes we take out now and then.
Provided by Scandigirl
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 1 Cake
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat 1/2 cup sugar slowly in a small saucepan, stirring constantly.
- When sugar is melted and begins to smoke add boiling water slowly and carefully stirring constantly.
- Continue cooking until syrup measures 1/2 cup, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
- Set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile, cream butter well; add 1 cup sugar gradually, beating until light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla, then egg yolks one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
- Stir in cold caramel syrup.
- Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk, beating until smooth.
- Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
- Fold into flour mixture.
- Pour batter into three round 9 inch layer pans, 1 inch deep, lined on the bottom with paper, then greased.
- Bake in moderate oven, 375 degrees, for about 20 minutes.
- Let stand for 5 minutes, then turn out on racks to cool.
- Spread Caramel Frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.
- Caramel Frosting: Mix butter, cream, brown sugar and salt in saucepan.
- Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat; add vanilla.
- Then add gradually enough sifted confectioner's sugar to make frosting of speading consistency.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 6489.2, Fat 197.9, SaturatedFat 119.9, Cholesterol 952.3, Sodium 5476.2, Carbohydrate 1140.9, Fiber 7, Sugar 796.2, Protein 57.4
Tips:
- Selecting the Right Sugar: Opt for granulated sugar to achieve the perfect caramel flavor and consistency. Other sugars may not caramelize properly.
- Achieving the Right Caramel Color: Keep a close eye on the sugar as it caramelizes. The color should reach a deep amber hue, but be careful not to let it burn.
- Patience is Key: The caramelization process takes time, so be patient and stir the sugar continuously to ensure even cooking.
- Adding Liquid Safely: When adding liquid to the caramelized sugar, do so gradually to prevent splattering and potential burns.
- Avoiding Crystallization: To prevent crystallization, ensure the sugar is completely dissolved before adding any liquid. You can also add a small amount of corn syrup or glucose to help prevent crystallization.
- Measuring Ingredients Accurately: Precise measurements are crucial for a successful burnt sugar cake. Use a kitchen scale for accuracy, especially when measuring the sugar.
- Choosing the Right Pan: Select a heavy-bottomed saucepan to evenly distribute heat and prevent hot spots that could burn the sugar.
Conclusion:
Burnt sugar cake is a delightful and flavorful dessert that showcases the perfect balance between sweet and slightly bitter notes. With careful attention to the caramelization process and precise measurements, you can create a moist and tender cake with a rich and complex flavor. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary journey, give this burnt sugar cake recipe a try. With its unique taste and aroma, it's sure to become a favorite in your recipe collection. Happy baking!
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