Bee Sting Cake from the Frogtown Inn and 6 Acres Restaurant

Ingredients:
2 box Yellow Cake Mix (18.25oz) - (follow box directions)
2 cups Chopped Walnuts
1 lb Brown Sugar
1 lb Butter
2 cups Heavy Cream

Method:

Caramel Sauce:
- Melt butter in 3qt sauce pan
Add all sugar, and whisk together, until peanut butter consistency
Whisk in cream, remove from heat

- Toast walnuts until slightly brown, allow to cool.
- Follow cake mix directions to make cake batter
- Grease a 12in. x 12in. x 2in.(depth) pan
- Cover bottom with walnuts
- Pour enough caramel sauce in pan just to cover the walnuts, excess sauce will lead to spilling during baking
- Pour cake batter into pan
- Drizzle a little caramel sauce on top of batter
- Bake in convection oven at 325f for 35-40min, using toothpick method for doneness
- Turn cake out onto cutting board, scrape excess walnuts from pan and spread evenly across top of cake.
- Cut cake into 16 pieces while still warm, then allow to cool
- Serve warm, drizzle remaining caramel sauce evenly over individual pieces

Yield: 16 each - 3in. x 3in. pieces