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Grandma Frankie’s Burnt Sugar Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup cold water
2 cups water

Beat for 5 minutes

Add 3 T burnt sugar. Beat again
Add 1/2 cup more flour
2 tsp baking powder
Directions:
Directions:
Burn sugar by putting 1/2 cup sugar in an empty pan. Wen it is browned, add a small amount of water to make a syrup. The sugar may be very hard but will soon melt in the water you add and will become like syrup. This is also good in the frosting.


No instructions on baking the cake listed.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Grandma wrote on my card that this was her first cake recipe. I remember her making this often.

 

 

 

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