I’ve never heard of ‘burnt sugar cake’. Please post when you can.
-JT
I first had it at a local tea room when I was a child. So I told my mom how much I liked it and she had a recipe in her BH&G or Betty Crocker or both cookbook. Her idea of helping was watching me do the sugar (it can be dangerous for anybody), maybe she did the sugar but I remember stirring the water in and waiting for it to work into the hot sugar. Then she would tell me what to do but I had to do it myself. It turned out well.
I never tried another one until I was a young adult. It turned out ok but I think I didn't get enough burnt sugar in it and the amounts in the cake and frosting were too skimpy, a very light-colored cake.
You burn sugar for those popular flans and flan cakes now. Anyway, too light and not much flavor and too dark it's bitter.
It looks like that caramel cake will do it but it's not the same.
This looks darkish and might be bitter but when cut with the sugar and other ingredients, it has the color and texture I'm after. We shall see.