Caramel Coffee Cake

| Cake

Serves 12.

Ingredients

• 3 eggs
• 400 g sugar
• 355 ml vegetable oil
• 10 ml vanilla extract
• 375 g all-purpose flour
• 6 g salt
• 5 g baking soda

Topping

• 115 g butter or margarine
• 60 ml milk
• 220 g packed brown sugar
• Pinch salt

Procedure

1. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs until foamy; gradually add sugar.
2. Blend in oil and vanilla.
3. Combine flour, salt and baking soda; add to egg mixture.
4. Pour into a greased 10-in. tube pan; bake at 350°F (175°C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the cake tests done.
5. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake to a serving platter.

Topping

1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan; boil 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
2. Slowly pour over warm cake (some topping will run down onto the serving plate.)