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del frisco's butter cake with ice cream, caramel sauce, and whip cream.
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Del Frisco's Butter Cake

Del Frisco's Butter Cake is an unforgettable dessert, a sinfully-delicious, ooey gooey butter cake topped with ice cream, whipped cream, and drizzled with caramel. This rich and buttery copycat recipe is based on that all-time favorite.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 918kcal
Author: Kelly Bloom
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups All Purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking soda
  • cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar (white granulated)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoon coarse demerara sugar (or or turbinado sugar)

For the Cake Garnish

  • 11/2 cups Butter Pecan Ice cream (¼ cup scoop per cake)
  • 12 tablespoon Caramel sauce (2 tablespoons per cake as topping)
  • 1 cup Whipped Cream (to dollop on top of each cake)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350° F. Butter each 4" springform pan. Place a parchment paper circle on the bottom of each. Then, place 1 ½ teaspoons of Demerara sugar in each pan. Tip the pan so the sugar coats the sides of the pan. Tip out any excess. Set the pans aside.
    3 tablespoon coarse demerara sugar
  • Measure the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into a medium size mixing bowl. Mix to distribute evenly.
    2 cups All Purpose flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Baking powder, ¼ teaspoon Baking soda
  • In a larger mixing bowl, mix the softened butter, sugar, eggs, milk, and vanilla until just mixed. Do not cream, just blend in evenly.
    ⅔ cup butter, softened, 2 cups sugar, 2 large eggs, 2 tablespoon milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Add the flour mixture in two to three amounts as you mix with a hand mixer. Using a spatula make sure everything is scraped from the sides and mixed in. Divide batter among the six pans and smooth out evenly. Tap each pan on the counter to settle out air pockets.
  • Set in the preheated oven and bake for 25 - 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and set on a rack to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the springform pans to cool another 15 minutes. If you make these ahead of time, microwave the cakes for 15 seconds to warm back up. Serve with the Pecan Ice Cream, Caramel Sauce, and Whipped Cream.

Putting the Del Frisco Cake together

  • Take each slightly warm cake and put a ¼ cup scoop of Butter Pecan Ice Cream.
  • Then, drizzle 2 tablespoons of cold caramel sauce on each scoop of ice cream.
  • Last, spritz or dollop some whipped cream next to each scoop of ice cream.
  • Serve immediately.
    11/2 cups Butter Pecan Ice cream, 12 tablespoon Caramel sauce, 1 cup Whipped Cream

Notes

  • Buy the caramel sauce, ice cream, and whip cream ahead of time and keep it all cold in the freezer (for the ice cream) or refrigerator (for the caramel and whip cream) so that it does not melt so quickly when you put the cakes together.
  • You can make the cakes up ahead of time and warm them in the microwave. This way you only have to top the cakes with the ice cream, caramel, and whip cream at the last minute.

Nutrition

Calories: 918kcal | Carbohydrates: 135g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 178mg | Sodium: 791mg | Potassium: 341mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 99g | Vitamin A: 1306IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 234mg | Iron: 2mg