Caramel Frosting


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Difficulty: Easy

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1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/3 cup heavy cream, plus more as necessary
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
1 16-ounce box confectioner’s sugar
2 cups finely chopped black walnuts, for garnish (optional)

Directions

Melt butter in saucepan.  Add brown sugar and cream.  Cook over medium-low heat for about 2 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved.  Remove from heat and add vanilla. Transfer to a large bowl.

Using a handheld electric mixer, beat in confectioners’ sugar until smooth.  If frosting is too thick, add 1 tablespoon heavy cream at a time until consistency is right.

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Reader Comments:

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This was the second recipe today that I used for caramel icing and the opposite of the first one -- which failed miserably and cost me 2 boxes of brown sugar. Super easy, super delicious and no fail!!!! And you could use it on ANY kind of cake and it would be delicious. It is very sweet -- but hey this caramel icing-- what do you expect!!

By Anonymous on January 17, 2012

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This frosting was super easy to make! My husband loves caramel so I made a cake using this as the frosting, and he (and I too) greatly enjoyed it! I would definitely make this again (maybe with cupcakes next time- yum!)

By Mandy Rogers on January 02, 2012

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I love your i just need a carmel recipe

By Lenora on November 21, 2011

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This is an absolutely delicious frosting and so easy to make. This is going to be a staple in my recipe box.

By Anne on October 30, 2011

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This Sound Really Good And Very Simple.

By Rosa Morrow on October 28, 2011

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PAULA, Could you please tell me why sometimes my caramel icing gets sugary THANK YOU GAIL

By Gail on September 14, 2011

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Caramel Cake is my son's favorite cake so I decided for his 17th birthday,to make a Carmel Cake from stratch and used Paula Deen's Frosting recipe . Not only is this receipe easy to make, it taste absolutely fantastic. I will never purchase another Caramel Cake. My son and his two friends age the entire in 20 minutes. You have got to try it!! Its is not just good, it absolute fantastic and is the best Caramel Frosting I've ever tasted. Going to make another this weekend!! Thanks Paula for this only.

By ChicagoMom62 on August 09, 2011

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thanks for all the work and time for giving your recipes.

By Anonymous on August 06, 2011

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This frosting was absolutely delicious. I used it with a box white cake (too lazy to make the entire cake from scratch). I made no modifications to the recipe and got so many compliments. ONCE AGAIN, THANKS PAULA!

By Gigi Walker on March 27, 2011

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