Brown Butter Frosting
"I found this recipe in a microwave cookbook I bought at the libary for a quarter. Its a good frosting for cakes of any kind."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
12 cupcakes
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter (not margarine)
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
- 1 -2 tablespoon cream or 1 -2 tablespoon milk
- 1⁄4 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Melt butter in microwave for 3 to 5 minutes in a microwaveable bowl.
- Watch it closely after 3 minutes.
- Stir in sugar.
- Blend in cream and vanilla.
- Beat until smooth and spreadable.
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Reviews
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a nice frosting recipe for when I forget to take the butter out of the fridge to soften it up for my usual frosting recipe...But be prepared to double the recipe for a 2 layer cake or a 13 x 9 cake...Thank you for posting the recipe and what's the name of the microwave cookbook you got it from?
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I am a mother of two childeren. I live on farm in Notrh Dakota. We plant small grains and row crops. We also have some beef cattle. I have a few chickens for eggs and I just love to watch them run around looking for some food. I love to garden, vegys and flowers. I work part-time at a nursing home, but right now I took some time of for calving season. I also love to preserve my own vegys from the garden.
