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Sea Salt-Caramel Cake Recipe

While these tender cake layers taste divine, it’s the caramel frosting that really wows. It’s outrageously rich— and doesn’t require the use of a candy thermometer. Top the frosted cake with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt for a fancy finish. Your guests will love this cake during the holidays, but you...
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Ingredients
17 INGREDIENTS
16 SERVINGS
Granulated Sugar
2 cups granulated sugar
Eggs
3 large eggs
Fine Sea Salt
1/2 tsp fine sea salt
Flaky Sea Salt
flaky sea salt
Unsalted Butter
1 cup unsalted butter
All Purpose Flour
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
plus more for dusting pans
Vanilla Extract
1 tbsp vanilla extract
Heavy Cream
1/2 cup heavy cream
Vanilla Extract
2 tsp vanilla extract
Powdered Sugar
4 cups powdered sugar
sifted
Whole Buttermilk
1 1/2 cups whole buttermilk
Vegetable Shortening
vegetable shortening
for greasing pans
Light Brown Sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
packed
Baking Soda
1/2 tsp baking soda
Dark Brown Sugar
1 cup dark brown sugar
packed
Salted Butter
1 cup salted butter
softened
Salt
1/2 tsp salt
Directions
21 STEPS
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Health Info
Macros
115g
CARBS
28g
FAT
4g
PROTEIN
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