Classic Southern Caramel Cake
Ingredients
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 cups flour, self-rising
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
DIRECTIONS
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
-Prepare three 9-inch cake pans by greasing them and adding optional parchment paper.
-Beat butter until light and fluffy and then add sugar and beat for about 5 more minutes.
-Add eggs, 1 at a time, and mix well after each.
-Add flour and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour and mix well after each.
-Add vanilla and beat well. Divide among pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until set.
-Turn out of pans onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.
-Prepare Southern Caramel Icing as cakes are cooling then frost the cake.