Cake with caramel sauce
Description
Homemade baked goods for tea. The tender and airy sponge cake pairs wonderfully with caramel. But to tone down the overly sweet flavor, I recommend using a cream based on cream cheese. However, you can always experiment. Whipped cream, lemon curd, or pastry cream work perfectly.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients needed to make a caramel sauce cake.
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Step 2
First, preheat the oven to 180 degrees. To make the sponge cake base, beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar until fluffy.
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Step 3
Add the sifted flour in small portions.
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Step 4
Pour the prepared dough into the pan and place it in the oven.
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Step 5
Meanwhile, you can start working on the sauce. For this, pour the sugar into a small pot or a thick‑bottomed sauté pan and place it over the heat.
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Step 6
Melt the sugar. I keep it on the heat a little longer to achieve a more intense flavor. Add butter to the melted sugar.
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Step 7
Remove the caramel from the heat and pour in the cream. Mix everything thoroughly.
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Step 8
That's it, the caramel sauce is ready.
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Step 9
Add about half of the cooled sauce to the cream cheese and whisk thoroughly. This will be the frosting for our cake.
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Step 10
Ready sponge cake (check doneness with a match or a skewer; baking time depends on the pan used) cool for 5 minutes in the pan, then on a rack.
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Step 11
Cut it carefully in half into two layers.
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Step 12
Spread with cream.
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Step 13
Cover with the second layer.
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Step 14
Spread the remaining cream on the second layer, and decorate the top with caramel sauce.
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Step 15
You can try it after a couple of hours.