3 c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. sweet milk
1 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
5 egg whites, beaten stiff
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter well; add sugar gradually. Add flour and liquid alternately. Add eggs last, folding in. Cook at 350 degrees in round cake pans until done.

CARAMEL ICING:

1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda (mix this in 1/2 c. of buttermilk)
2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. Karo syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. Crisco (only Crisco will work)

Mix soda with buttermilk; this will bubble. Then mix sugar, Karo, Crisco; add buttermilk with soda. It is best to put this in a large pan, this will bubble a lot.

As you are cooking this it will start changing colors. You can check this like you check candy, dropping a small amount in cool water until it forms a small ball. Remove from heat and beat until cool. I like to punch holes in my cakes to let icing run into the layers.