Looking for Caramel Cake Recipe
I have been looking for a good caramel icing recipe for some time. I purchased a cookbook about Southern cakes, I think caramel cake is the ultimate South Louisiana cake. Well, I made the cake and it was an utter disaster, turns out the Southern book warns the cake should not be made on a humid day?? Umm... Southern Cakes? Southern weather- did they forget? Clearly. Quite a sticky mess, the recipe did not work- go figure in 90% humidity almost year-round. I continued my search as this particular was cake to be made only in the dessert. I gave up for a while until recently when someone brought it up over morning coffee and oh no, the obsession begun all over again. I ran across a woman who had the recipe of the specific cake I used buy and LOVE- she had received it as a wedding gift. I asked for it, I am pretty generous with my recipes so I was hopeful. She could not share she explained since the lady that gave it to her asked her not to. OK- understood, I get it- she received