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Hard Sauce for Cake

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Total Time
Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

By Taste Of Home Editorial Team

Recipe by Deb Brass, Cedar Falls, Iowa

Tested by Taste Recipes Test Kitchen

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Updated on 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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Hard Sauce for Cake

1 review
Prep Time 5 min
Cook Time 15 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
Text Ingredients

Directions

  1. 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.

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