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Hard Sauce for Cake

Name: Hard Sauce for Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1 cup.
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 cups boiling water; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/4 cup butter

1 review

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Total Time

Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

Makes

1 cup

Updated: Jun. 27, 2023

My grandmother often dressed up leftover plain cake with this sauce. It also goes well with gingerbread. For fun, I love to page through my great-grandmother's old cookbooks.

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Ingredients

1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups boiling water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in water until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 15 minutes until smooth, thickened and clear. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and butter. Serve warm over cake.

Nutrition Facts

2 tablespoons: 155 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 206mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (24g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

Hard Sauce for Cake

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