Burnt Sugar Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ cup of butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 ½ cups of flour
• 2 tsp of baking powder
• Salt
• 1 cup of sweet milk

Directions

1. 1

   Burn ½ cup sugar to a dark caramel (black).

2. 2

   Stir in ½ cup boiling water; cook to syrup and let cool.

3. 3

   Cream together 1 1/2 cups of white sugar and 1/2 cup of butter.

4. 4

   And add 3 egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each egg yolk is added. (Save the egg whites) Sift together: 2 1/2 cups of fluor, 2 tsp baking powder and pinch of salt.

5. 5

   Add flour mixture alternately with 1 cup sweet milk until all is mixed.

6. 6

   Add 4 Tbsp burnt sugar syrup.

7. 7

   Fold in beaten egg whites.

8. 8

   Bake at 350° in 2 or 3 layers.