Burnt Sugar Cake and Icing

Melt 3/4 cup sugar in a cast iron skillet or heavy sauce pan until burnt, quite dark.

Add 1 Cup boiling water and simmer until mixture becomes syrup.

Cream 2/3 Cup butter and 1 1/2 sugar.

Add 1 Cup cold water and half of the burnt sugar syrup.

Add well beaten yolks of 2 eggs.

Dissolve 1 Tsp soda in 1 Tbsp of warm water and add to mixture.

Sift together 3 Cups flour and 1 Tsp baking powder.

Stir in flour mixture, then fold in well-beaten egg whites from the 2 eggs.

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans and bake in a moderately slow oven.

Icing

Combine 2 cups sugar, 1 cup butter, 1/2 cup milk and remaining half of burnt sugar syrup.

Boil until mixture forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water.

Remove from heat.

Beat until cool and spread between layers, and on top and sides of cake.

If frosting hardens too quickly, a small amout of cream or boiling water may be added.

NOTE: Slow oven is 250 to 325 degrees

Moderate oven is 350 to 375 degrees.

I haven't baked this one yet so I am not to sure on the baking time, oven temperature will have alot to do with that.