Butter Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream Frosting Recipe
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Butter Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Description
The Butter Cake recipe begins by mixing dry ingredients including all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Butter is creamed with sugar until fluffy before eggs are added one at a time. The flour mixture and buttermilk are then alternately incorporated into the batter for a smooth, well-aerated texture. Vanilla extract finishes the mix before the batter is divided evenly into prepared pans and baked at 350°F for 25-30 minutes until set. Cooling on racks preserves the cake’s soft crumb.
The Salted Caramel Buttercream frosting is prepared in two stages combining sugar, buttermilk, shortening, butter, baking soda, sea salt, and confectioners sugar to produce a rich, creamy topping with a balance of sweet and salty notes. The cake is wrapped and frozen before frosting to ease application and achieve a smooth surface with a crumb coat layer.
This cake is suitable for birthday celebrations or other special occasions where a full-flavored, layered butter cake with caramel frosting is desired. Proper preparation and chilling of the cake help achieve clean frosting results.
Ingredients
Butter Cake Recipe
- 3 cups flour all-purpose
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch kosher salt
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 egg room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Salted Buttercream Frosting Recipe
First Stage
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 /2 cup shortening
- 1/2 /2 cup butter
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Second Stage
- 1/2 /2 cup butter
- 1/2 /2 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
Instructions
Butter Cake Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans with shortening and flour.
- Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Cream butter until fluffy and then add sugar. Cream together for about 8 more minutes.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, and cream together after each.
- Add flour mixture and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Combine each addition of flour and then turn mixer on high to add air into the batter.
- Add vanilla and beat well. Turn mixer on high once vanilla has been incorporated for about 10 seconds to lighten batter.
- Divide among pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until set. You can follow my tips for how to tell when your cake is done.
- Turn out of pans onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.
Salted Caramel Buttercream Recipe
- Add all ingredients from the first stage of the frosting recipe in a 3-4 quart pot. Stir ingredients with a wooden spoon as cooking over medium-low heat.
- Cook to softball stage (235-245 degrees on a candy thermometer as well as using the cold water test).
- Remove from heat and pour into a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Using a whip attachment, whip the caramel until it has cooled enough to touch lightly.
- Add the butter and salt from the second stage of the frosting recipe to the mixing bowl and whip.
- Add confectioner's sugar in 1/2 cup increments, stopping after each to scrape sides of mixing bowl. Turn mixer onto high for about 10 seconds after each addition to incorporate air into the frosting.
- Adjust the amount of confectioner's sugar to result in a frosting that will hold shape.
- Frost cake and store on a cake plate covered with a dome or an airtight container.
- Best served within 1-3 days.
Notes
- Freeze the cake tightly wrapped overnight to facilitate easier frosting application.
- Remove loose crumbs with a pastry brush before applying a thin crumb coat of frosting.
- After the crumb coat sets, continue frosting normally for a smooth finish.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 422 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 422kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 56g | 19% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 21g | 32% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 6g | 30% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 70mg | 23% |
| Sodium | 294mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 93mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0.4g | 2% |
| Sugar | 44g | 88% |
| Vitamin A | 545IU | 11% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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