Neina, here's one where the frosting is made that way....
YELLOW CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup
Crisco vegetable shortening5 eggs
3 cups flour, sifted
1 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
2 tsp.
vanilla flavoring2 tsp.
lemon flavoringCaramel Icing (recipe follows)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a
tube pan.
Cream sugar, butter, and Crisco together. Mix in eggs; set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt and add to creamed mixture, alternately with milk. Add flavorings. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Remove cake from pan while still warm. Top with Caramel Icing.
CARAMEL ICING2 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1/2 cup water
1 tsp. vanilla
Put 2 cups sugar, milk, and butter in
saucepan; let it get hot.
Put the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water in an
iron skillet and cook, while stirring, until caramelized.
Add the caramelized sugar to the milk mixture and cook until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cool water.
Add vanilla and beat.