Delicious Caramel Layer Cake

• For the cake
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 large egg white
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• For the Caramel Frosting
• 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup evaporated milk
• 2 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 dash salt
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract

1. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray, line bottoms with parchment paper. Coat paper with cooking spray and dust with flour.
2. Beat sugar and 1/2 cup butter at medium speed until well-blended (about 5 minutes).
3. Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a seperate bowl and mix.
5. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with 1 1/4 cups milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla.
6. Pour batter into prepared pans, and sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350u0b0F for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack and remove from pans. Carefully peel off parchment paper and cool completely on wire rack.
8. Frosting:
9. Combine brown sugar and next 4 ingredients (brown sugar through salt) in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
10. Reduce heat, and simmer until thick (about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
11. Add confectioners' sugar and 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla; beat at medium speed until smooth and slightly warm. Cool 2 to 3 minutes (frosting will be thin but thickens as it cools.
12. Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spoon 1/2 cup frosting on to cake layer spreading to cover. Top with remaining cake layer, frost top and sides.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/delicious-caramel-layer-cake-178383 (may not work)