Burnt Sugar Cake I

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 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.