VANILLA CHOCOLATE CHIP LAYER CAKE

By heathermcginnis

Got this recipe from a Robin Hood insert in a magazine

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1 3/4 cups brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 1 can evaporated milk
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• FROSTING:
• 1 cup softened butter
• 7-8 cups icing sugar
• 1 jar butterscotch topping for sundaes (250 ml)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1-2 tbsp. milk

Preparation

Step 1

CAKE:

Mix butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Combine dry ingredients. Add 1/2 to butter mixture and stir. Add milk. Add remaining flour mixture just till moist. Fold in chocolate chips. Bake in 9" layer pans at 350 for 30-35 minutes.

FROSTING:

Mix butter and 3 cups of sugar till creamy. Add caramel sauce. Slowly add remaining icing sugar and vanilla till thick enough to spread. Add milk 1 tbsp. at a time. Frost cake between layers and on outside of cake. Top with chocolate shavings.