ITTTTTT’SSSSS Frosting Friday again!!! I have taken a few weeks off from our frosting adventures, but I am back and it’s a GOOD ONE! Today we’re talking about Creamy Brown Sugar Frosting. It’s sweet, creamy and crazy delicious.
Tips for Creamy FrostingCool Completely Before Adding Powdered SugarGet the Recipe
It crusts perfectly, if you are looking for a great crusting frosting, and the flavor is out of this world! I would eat this stuff with a spoon if my dentist would let me! The only “downside” to my recipe is it isn’t stiff enough to pipe flowers, or anything that needs a firm edge. And that’s ok! It’s the perfect “spreading” frosting if that makes sense. This brown sugar frosting is absolutely thicker than an icing, although you could easily add less powdered sugar to the recipe and make it more “pourable”. Let me essplain…
Tips for Creamy Frosting
The trick for me, is to cook the brown sugar with some butter and heavy cream, thus basically enough to dissolve the brown sugar. You could make this without doing this step, but your brown sugar would still be a little crunchy in the frosting… I’m not opposed to that, actually, but if you want ultra-creamy, you need to melt the sugar. Just bring this mixture to a boil and then remove it from the heat. If you boiled it longer, you’d be making candy, like caramel.
Cool Completely Before Adding Powdered Sugar
You really need to let it cool completely before whipping it up with powdered sugar. It would get completely solid as it cools, but it will be a thick glorious butterscotchy sauce. Girl, yes. You could stop there…yes you could. But I have never been one to back down from adding more sugar. SO yep…add in some powdered sugar and mix it using your whisk attachment to thicken this all up and create a more traditional type frosting. This frosting is fantastic on ANY cake…vanilla, chocolate, yellow… And you could absolutely add chopped pecans to it as well to make a praline frosting. How good would THAT be?! Happy Frosting Friday, indeed!! Don’t forget to post your pictures on Instagram and use the hashtag #cookiesandcups and if it’s FROSTING use #FrostingFriday To catch up our Frosting Friday adventures, check out these other great recipes: Perfect Buttercream Creamy Chocolate Frosting Mint Chocolate Chip Frosting Heritage Frosting Marshmallow Frosting Save
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