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Vanilla Cake with Caramel Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

Doctored Up Cake Mix Cake

  • 1 white or yellow cake mix
  • 1 4oz pudding pack (dry) (I used vanilla but you can use the flavor of your choice)
  • 1/2 c. sugar
  • 3/4 c. oil
  • 3/4 c. water
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 8oz container of sour cream

Fleur de sel Caramel Buttercream

  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened (1 c.)
  • 1 2lb. bag powdered sugar (7.5 - 8 c.)
  • 5-6 tbsp. milk
  • 1 10oz jar Trader Joe's Fleur de Sel caramel sauce (or sub caramel sauce of your choice)
  • 1/2 tsp. caramel extract (optional, if you want to up the caramel flavor)

Caramel Apples (optional)

  • small apples
  • 1 10oz container Trader Joe's Fleur de Sel Caramel Candies

Instructions

Cake

  • Mix all ingredients before eggs. Then beat in one egg at a time. Then add sour cream. 
  • Bake at 350 in 8/9 inch layer pans for 30-35 mins or a bundt pan for 50-55 minutes. 
  • Before frosting, freeze each layer of cake to keep it clean from crumbs while frosting. Once chilled, frost and serve. Store in fridge.

Frosting

  • With stand or hand mixer beat together butter, powdered sugar, and milk until fluffy white buttercream forms. 
  • Then pour in caramel sauce and beat until incorporated. Top on cake once it’s chilled.

Caramel Apples

  • Unwrap caramels and heat in microwave for 2-3 minutes until caramel has been bubbling for a minute.
  • Quickly dip apples in until caramel coats sides of apples. Set on a parchment paper until set.