Caramel Frosting Recipe
My family are brown sugar caramel connoisseurs.
Caramel frosting recipe. This is the best buttery caramel frosting. Step 1 in a saucepan over medium heat melt the butter and mix in 3 tablespoons milk and brown sugar. Homemade caramel frosting is a labor of love. Everyone wanted the recipe.
A sweet caramel flavored frosting perfect for topping all types of cakes and cupcakes. If you are making cupcakes you should be able to frost 24 cupcakes if you apply the frosting with a knife. Add 1 tablespoon heavy cream at a time until consistency is right. Cool slightly and beat in the vanilla and remaining 12 cup confectioners sugar.
It comes from my great aunt and she always used it on top of her chocolate zucchini cake. A recipe for caramel frosting made with butter light brown sugar dark brown sugar milk powdered sugar vanilla. Vintage recipe box 034 there are lots of fun recipes to read in the box this recipe for caramel frosting was with. Add more milk if the mixture is too thick.
Caramel frosting with brown sugar and cream. Boil vigorously for 1 minute. Step 2 remove from heat and beat in 12 cup confectioners sugar. It comes from my great aunt and she always used it on top of her chocolate zucchini cake.
This could be used to make penuche fudge if you wanted too. This salted caramel frosting is light and fluffy with rich caramel flavor. Our recipe should make enough the best caramel buttercream frosting to cover a 9 x 13 sheet cake or a two layer 8 cake. Click here to read the history of vrp034 lot of recipes with no box and click here to view all the vrp034 vintage recipe box recipes more vintage recipes we have lots of recipes.
I made this frosting for a cinnamon bun cake that we used to celebrate my grandmas 93rd bday. It will definitely be a family favorite. It takes time and patience but the result is lick the spoon good every time. 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.
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. I doubled it and used half and half instead of milk. Caramel frosting caramel frosting recipe card front front of the recipe card for caramel frosting.