Delicious Caramel Layer Cake

Directions

1. 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. 2
   Beat sugar and 1/2 cup butter at medium speed until well-blended (about 5 minutes).
3. 3
   Add eggs and egg white, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
4. 4
   Combine flour, baking powder, and salt together in a seperate bowl and mix.
5. 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. 6
   Pour batter into prepared pans, and sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles. Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
7. 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. 8
   Frosting:
9. 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. 10
    Reduce heat, and simmer until thick (about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
11. 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. 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.