Caramel Frosting Recipe
In fact its so easy youll ask yourself why youve ever purchased icing.
Caramel frosting recipe. This salted caramel frosting is light and fluffy with rich caramel flavor. It comes from my great aunt and she always used it on top of her chocolate zucchini cake. Homemade caramel frosting is a labor of love. My family are brown sugar caramel connoisseurs.
Cool slightly and beat in the vanilla and remaining 12 cup confectioners sugar. Step 2 remove from heat and beat in 12 cup confectioners sugar. This could be used to make penuche fudge if you wanted too. No fuss no heat just incredible icing in a minute or two.
I like to make homemade caramel sauce to use in this recipe although it does take some advance planning since the caramel has to cool completely or else it will melt the butter and the frosting will not work. If you are making cupcakes you should be able to frost 24 cupcakes if you apply the frosting with a knife. I doubled it and used half and half instead of milk. It takes time and patience but the result is lick the spoon good every time.
A sweet caramel flavored frosting perfect for topping all types of cakes and cupcakes. I made this frosting for a cinnamon bun cake that we used to celebrate my grandmas 93rd bday. It comes from my great aunt and she always used it on top of her chocolate zucchini cake. It will definitely be a family favorite.
Step 1 in a saucepan over medium heat melt the butter and mix in 3 tablespoons milk and brown sugar. This caramel icing recipe is so easy just combine ingredients and whip until smooth. Everyone wanted the recipe. This is the best buttery caramel frosting.
Add more milk if the mixture is too thick. Most icing recipes dont take quite as much stirring mixing cooking and caramelizing but then again most icing recipes dont even come close to being quite as delicious as this caramel icing. If you swirl on the frosting with a pastry bag like we have done here you should be able to frost 15 18 cupcakes depending on the size of the swirl. Vintage recipe box 034 there are lots of fun recipes to read in the box this recipe for caramel frosting was with.
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