Butterscotch Frosting

Submitted by WaterMelon

"Makes a wonderful frosting for cupcakes or a simple cake. Very easy to prepare. From Fine Cooking, originally suggested for caramel cupcakes. This recipe is enough to frost 12 cupcakes."

 

• Ready In: 17mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter
• 1⁄3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1⁄4 cup heavy cream
• 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar (6 oz)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

1. Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over med-low heat.
2. Add brown sugar and stir constantly with wooden spoon.
3. After 2-3mins, sugar will melt and mixture will become smooth, then begin to bubble (it's ok if it looks separated at this point).
4. Once this happens, stir constantly for 2mins (less if sugar smells like it's burning).
5. Carefully add cream and stir for another 2mins.
6. Mixture will thicken slightly and look smooth and glossy.
7. Remove pan from heat and let cool for 5mins, stirring frequently.
8. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla with wooden spoon.
9. If frosting seems a bit dry, add more cream, 1/2 tablespoon at a time, until thick, smooth and spreadable.

Reviews

[JOY1998]

Delicious. I made this to frost my butterscotch coffee cake. Thank you for posting.

 

[Tyiana]

I love this one. Simple but great for toppings on cakes. I use it to frost my banana cupcakes. Only, it's a tad too sweet for my tongue. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[pinkcarnation]

Made this frosting to ice a birthday cake and it was really great! When you're making it, it doesn't smell strongly of butterscotch, but when it's done and cooled, it's perfect! You can see from my photo that I could have thinned it a bit by adding cream as stated in the last step, but I somehow missed the last step while reading the recipe. Either way, it was really good and had a dense, firm consistency this way. I actually ended up loving it as it was, un-thinned, though it took some skill to spread in this state! I used it to ice a vanilla cake and it was enough to ice the top with a thin layer. This is a rich frosting and even as someone with a sweet tooth, having just the thin layer on the top was the perfect amount. Highly recommend this recipe. People asked me to share the recipe with them. I'll be using it again! Next up, mini cupcakes :)