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Recipe Ingredient
- Caramel Syrup:
- 2 Cups sugar + 1/4 cup water
- 2 Cups Boiling water
- Cake:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup condensed milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- a pinch of salt
- 8 eggs lightly beaten
- 2 cups self raising flour + 1 tbsp bicarbonate soda, sifted together twice
- 2 cups caramel syrup (recipe above)
Instructions
- Caramel syrup: Melt sugar and water in a heavy non-stick pan over medium heat.
- Do not stir at this point. Mixture will thickens and bubbles and will turn to the colour of tea at the sides of the pan.
- Add boiling water and stir slowly, careful mixture is very hot. Continue stirring until syrup thickens slightly. (approx 2 cups.
- Cool completely and set aside.
- Cake: Cream butter,condensed milk, vanilla essence and salt until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs a little at a time until well mixed.
- Batter might appear curdled at this point.
- Stir in flour slowly, until well incorporated.
- Stir in caramel syrup in a thin stream and make sure batter is well mixed. Syrup tends to sink to the bottom of mixing bowl.
- Pour batter into a lined cake tin and bake in a preheated 190 C oven for 1 hour 20 minutes.
- Cake will look dark brown and almost black due to the caramel.
