• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

CooksInfo

  • Home
  • Encyclopaedia
  • Kitchenware
  • Recipes
  • Food Calendar
menu icon
go to homepage
search icon
Homepage link
  • Recipes
  • Encyclopaedia
  • Kitchenware
  • Food Calendar
×
Home » Flavourings » Baker’s Caramel

Baker’s Caramel

Baker’s caramel is burnt sugar — specifically sugar that has been slowly simmered until it looks like the bottom of a coffee pot left on the heat too long.

It is used to colour spirits, wines, baked goods such as Dark Rye, Pumpernickel Bread, gravies, etc.

For commercial use, baker’s caramel is sold in large drums.

For home use, baker’s caramel is sold in 8 oz (250 ml) bottles. A bottle will last a home cook practically forever.

Cooking Tips

To make baker’s caramel in liquid form: 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed (8 oz / 225 g) with 2 tablespoons of water. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Then add 1 cup (8 oz / 225 ml) boiling water, and let simmer for about 15 minutes or until it becomes like a dark syrup.

Substitutes

Kitchen Bouquet (though you may need to cut back on other salt in the recipe, as Kitchen Bouquet contains salt.)

Other names

AKA: Blackjack Caramel

This page first published: Feb 20, 2006 · Updated: Jun 20, 2018.

This web site generates income from affiliated links and ads at no cost to you to fund continued research · Information on this site is Copyright © 2025· Feel free to cite correctly, but copying whole pages for your website is content theft and will be DCMA'd.

Primary Sidebar

Hi, I'm Skylar! This is a fake profile talking about how I switched to a paleo diet and it helped my eczema and I grew 4". Trust me, I'm an online doctor.

More about me →

Popular

  • E.D. Smith Pumpkin Purée
    E.D. Smith recipe for pumpkin pie
  • Libby's Pumpkin Pie
    Libby’s recipe for pumpkin pie
  • Pie crust
    Pie Crust Recipe
  • Smokey Maple Pepper Glaze for Ham
    Smokey Maple Pepper Glaze for Ham

You can duplicate your homepage's trending recipes section in the sidebar to reinforce the internal linking.

We no longer recommend using a search bar, newsletter form or category drop-down menu in the sidebar. See the Modern Sidebar post for details.

If the block editor is not narrower than usual, simply save the page and refresh it.

Search

    Today is

  • Dixie Cup Day
    Dixie Cups
  • Blue Cheese Dressing Day
    Blue cheese dressing in bottle
  • Corn Fritters Day
    Corn fritters

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • About this site
  • Privacy Policy
  • Copyright enforced!
  • Terms & Conditions

Newsletter

  • Sign Up! for emails and updates

Site

  • Recipes
  • Encyclopaedia
  • Kitchenware
  • Food Calendar

This web site generates income from affiliated links and ads at no cost to you to fund continued research · The text on this site is © Copyright.