Joe, I've made the Maya Angelou caramel cake you've posted and it was fairly dense,
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Here's the caramel cake I make - from Oprah's magazine - divine!
The only switch I made was changed the 'milk' to 'buttermilk'
Serves 12
Ingredients
Cake
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan
3 cups cake flour, plus more for the pan
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
Caramel Glaze:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 to 4 Tbsp. heavy cream
Directions
Active time: 30 minutes
Total time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Read more: http://www.oprah.com/food/Caramel-Bundt-Cake-Recipe#ixzz2ZIZAicgK
The only switch I made was changed the 'milk' to 'buttermilk'
Serves 12
Ingredients
Cake
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pan
3 cups cake flour, plus more for the pan
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
Caramel Glaze:
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 to 4 Tbsp. heavy cream
Directions
Active time: 30 minutes
Total time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Read more: http://www.oprah.com/food/Caramel-Bundt-Cake-Recipe#ixzz2ZIZAicgK
It wasn't dense in my experience, it was fluffy. Perhaps the butter and/or the eggs were not beaten
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Random question...
Did you measure the flour out after sifting it?
Did you measure the flour out after sifting it?
May I disagree? 2 cups sifted = 2 cups sifted flour or 2 cups of sifted flour , however,
2 cups of flour sifted = sift after.
In this case: "2 cups sifted all-purpose flour", the flour is sifted first, then measured because the measurement is for 'sifted flour' rather than '2 cups of flour, sifted'.
2 cups of flour sifted = sift after.
In this case: "2 cups sifted all-purpose flour", the flour is sifted first, then measured because the measurement is for 'sifted flour' rather than '2 cups of flour, sifted'.