diff --git a/Cake/Cache/Cache.php b/Cake/Cache/Cache.php
index 8ac054d6421..1d9ba64eb2c 100644
--- a/Cake/Cache/Cache.php
+++ b/Cake/Cache/Cache.php
@@ -363,22 +363,6 @@ public static function clearGroup($group, $config = 'default') {
 		return $success;
 	}
 
-/**
- * Return the settings for the named cache engine.
- *
- * @param string $name Name of the configuration to get settings for. Defaults to 'default'
- * @return array list of settings for this engine
- * @see Cache::config()
- */
-	public static function settings($config = 'default') {
-		$engine = static::engine($config);
-		if (!$engine) {
-			return [];
-		}
-
-		return $engine->settings();
-	}
-
 /**
  * Retrieve group names to config mapping.
  *
diff --git a/Cake/Cache/CacheEngine.php b/Cake/Cache/CacheEngine.php
index f1805e6b4ff..8d02216353f 100644
--- a/Cake/Cache/CacheEngine.php
+++ b/Cake/Cache/CacheEngine.php
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ abstract class CacheEngine {
  * @return boolean True if the engine has been successfully initialized, false if not
  */
 	public function init($config = []) {
-		$config += $this->_config + $this->_defaultConfig;
-		$this->_config = $config;
+		$this->_config = $config + $this->_defaultConfig;
 		if (!empty($this->_config['groups'])) {
 			sort($this->_config['groups']);
 			$this->_groupPrefix = str_repeat('%s_', count($this->_config['groups']));
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/ApcEngineTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/ApcEngineTest.php
index 01aff34ed76..ed2190c3972 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/ApcEngineTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/ApcEngineTest.php
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ public function tearDown() {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _configCache($settings = []) {
+	protected function _configCache($config = []) {
 		$defaults = [
 			'className' => 'Apc',
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 		];
 		Cache::drop('apc');
-		Cache::config('apc', array_merge($defaults, $settings));
+		Cache::config('apc', array_merge($defaults, $config));
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/FileEngineTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/FileEngineTest.php
index 18f81c44e37..4cedf9d9e0c 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/FileEngineTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/FileEngineTest.php
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ public function tearDown() {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _configCache($settings = []) {
+	protected function _configCache($config = []) {
 		$defaults = [
 			'className' => 'File',
 			'path' => TMP . 'tests',
 		];
 		Cache::drop('file_test');
-		Cache::config('file_test', array_merge($defaults, $settings));
+		Cache::config('file_test', array_merge($defaults, $config));
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
index 8da430de1b7..3e011f0a028 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/MemcachedEngineTest.php
@@ -71,14 +71,14 @@ public function setUp() {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _configCache($settings = []) {
+	protected function _configCache($config = []) {
 		$defaults = [
 			'className' => 'Memcached',
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 			'duration' => 3600
 		];
 		Cache::drop('memcached');
-		Cache::config('memcached', array_merge($defaults, $settings));
+		Cache::config('memcached', array_merge($defaults, $config));
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ public function tearDown() {
 	}
 
 /**
- * testSettings method
+ * testConfig method
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function testSettings() {
-		$settings = Cache::settings('memcached');
-		unset($settings['path']);
+	public function testConfig() {
+		$config = Cache::engine('memcached')->config();
+		unset($config['path']);
 		$expecting = array(
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 			'duration' => 3600,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public function testSettings() {
 			'groups' => array(),
 			'serialize' => 'php'
 		);
-		$this->assertEquals($expecting, $settings);
+		$this->assertEquals($expecting, $config);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public function testCompressionSetting() {
  */
 	public function testInvalidSerializerSetting() {
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'className' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public function testInvalidSerializerSetting() {
 		$this->setExpectedException(
 			'Cake\Error\Exception', 'invalid_serializer is not a valid serializer engine for Memcached'
 		);
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ public function testInvalidSerializerSetting() {
  */
 	public function testPhpSerializerSetting() {
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'className' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
 			'serialize' => 'php'
 		);
 
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 		$this->assertEquals(Memcached::SERIALIZER_PHP, $Memcached->getMemcached()->getOption(Memcached::OPT_SERIALIZER));
 	}
 
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@ public function testJsonSerializerSetting() {
 		);
 
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
 			'serialize' => 'json'
 		);
 
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 		$this->assertEquals(Memcached::SERIALIZER_JSON, $Memcached->getMemcached()->getOption(Memcached::OPT_SERIALIZER));
 	}
 
@@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ public function testIgbinarySerializerSetting() {
 		);
 
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
 			'serialize' => 'igbinary'
 		);
 
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 		$this->assertEquals(Memcached::SERIALIZER_IGBINARY, $Memcached->getMemcached()->getOption(Memcached::OPT_SERIALIZER));
 	}
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ public function testJsonSerializerThrowException() {
 		);
 
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'className' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public function testJsonSerializerThrowException() {
 		$this->setExpectedException(
 			'Cake\Error\Exception', 'Memcached extension is not compiled with json support'
 		);
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ public function testIgbinarySerializerThrowException() {
 		);
 
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public function testIgbinarySerializerThrowException() {
 		$this->setExpectedException(
 			'Cake\Error\Exception', 'Memcached extension is not compiled with igbinary support'
 		);
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ public function testIgbinarySerializerThrowException() {
  */
 	public function testSaslAuthException() {
 		$Memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$settings = array(
+		$config = array(
 			'engine' => 'Memcached',
 			'servers' => array('127.0.0.1:11211'),
 			'persistent' => false,
@@ -303,11 +303,11 @@ public function testSaslAuthException() {
 		$this->setExpectedException(
 			'Cake\Error\Exception', 'Memcached extension is not build with SASL support'
 		);
-		$Memcached->init($settings);
+		$Memcached->init($config);
 	}
 
 /**
- * testSettings method
+ * testConfig method
  *
  * @return void
  */
@@ -330,8 +330,8 @@ public function testMultipleServers() {
 		$Memcached = new MemcachedEngine();
 		$Memcached->init(array('engine' => 'Memcached', 'servers' => $servers));
 
-		$settings = $Memcached->settings();
-		$this->assertEquals($settings['servers'], $servers);
+		$config = $Memcached->config();
+		$this->assertEquals($config['servers'], $servers);
 		Cache::drop('dual_server');
 	}
 
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ public function testZeroDuration() {
  */
 	public function testLongDurationEqualToZero() {
 		$memcached = new TestMemcachedEngine();
-		$memcached->settings['compress'] = false;
+		$memcached->_config['compress'] = false;
 
 		$mock = $this->getMock('Memcached');
 		$memcached->setMemcached($mock);
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/RedisEngineTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/RedisEngineTest.php
index 8b72b318441..9dea1e9f329 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/RedisEngineTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/RedisEngineTest.php
@@ -55,23 +55,23 @@ public function tearDown() {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _configCache($settings = []) {
+	protected function _configCache($config = []) {
 		$defaults = [
 			'className' => 'Redis',
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 			'duration' => 3600
 		];
 		Cache::drop('redis');
-		Cache::config('redis', array_merge($defaults, $settings));
+		Cache::config('redis', array_merge($defaults, $config));
 	}
 
 /**
- * testSettings method
+ * testConfig method
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function testSettings() {
-		$settings = Cache::settings('redis');
+	public function testConfig() {
+		$config = Cache::engine('redis')->config();
 		$expecting = array(
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 			'duration' => 3600,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function testSettings() {
 			'password' => false,
 			'database' => 0,
 		);
-		$this->assertEquals($expecting, $settings);
+		$this->assertEquals($expecting, $config);
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public function testSettings() {
  */
 	public function testConnect() {
 		$Redis = new RedisEngine();
-		$this->assertTrue($Redis->init(Cache::settings('redis')));
+		$this->assertTrue($Redis->init(Cache::engine('redis')->config()));
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/WincacheEngineTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/WincacheEngineTest.php
index b211454354e..f6949a8a6af 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/WincacheEngineTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/WincacheEngineTest.php
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ public function tearDown() {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _configCache($settings = []) {
+	protected function _configCache($config = []) {
 		$defaults = [
 			'className' => 'Wincache',
 			'prefix' => 'cake_'
 		];
 		Cache::drop('wincache');
-		Cache::config('wincache', array_merge($defaults, $settings));
+		Cache::config('wincache', array_merge($defaults, $config));
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/XcacheEngineTest.php b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/XcacheEngineTest.php
index fe3e0b4f18e..5f6461c49f6 100644
--- a/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/XcacheEngineTest.php
+++ b/Cake/Test/TestCase/Cache/Engine/XcacheEngineTest.php
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ public function setUp() {
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	protected function _configCache($settings = []) {
+	protected function _configCache($config = []) {
 		$defaults = [
 			'className' => 'Xcache',
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 		];
 		Cache::drop('xcache');
-		Cache::config('xcache', array_merge($defaults, $settings));
+		Cache::config('xcache', array_merge($defaults, $config));
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -68,22 +68,22 @@ public function tearDown() {
 	}
 
 /**
- * testSettings method
+ * testConfig method
  *
  * @return void
  */
-	public function testSettings() {
-		$settings = Cache::settings();
+	public function testConfig() {
+		$config = Cache::engine('xcache')->config();
 		$expecting = [
 			'prefix' => 'cake_',
 			'duration' => 3600,
 			'probability' => 100,
 		];
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($settings['PHP_AUTH_USER']));
-		$this->assertTrue(isset($settings['PHP_AUTH_PW']));
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($config['PHP_AUTH_USER']));
+		$this->assertTrue(isset($config['PHP_AUTH_PW']));
 
-		unset($settings['PHP_AUTH_USER'], $settings['PHP_AUTH_PW']);
-		$this->assertEquals($settings, $expecting);
+		unset($config['PHP_AUTH_USER'], $config['PHP_AUTH_PW']);
+		$this->assertEquals($config, $expecting);
 	}
 
 /**