Old Fashioned Caramel Frosting

This is i of those neat one-time classic recipes that gets passed downward from generation to generation because it is simply SO delicious. It doesn't fifty-fifty involve cake, I would live on happy amongst a bowl of this frosting too a large spoon!! This frosting would live on GREAT on ANY cake!!

A truthful caramel flavor, non that faux caramel kind.

1/2 loving cup butter (no substitutions)
1 loving cup night chocolate-brown carbohydrate (packed tight)
1/3 loving cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups powdered sugar
2 to four tablespoons milk

Melt the butter over medium depression estrus inward a saucepan that has a heavy bottom (this helps the frosting non to scorch).

Add the night chocolate-brown carbohydrate too stir well. Bring it upwards to full boil (stirring all the time)

Add the heavy cream (it volition bubble upwards a little, thence brand certain your saucepan is large enough). Return to a boil (stirring) too boil for thirty seconds (keep stirring), too then withdraw from the heat.

Pour this hot mixture into a stand upwards mixer too add together the sugar, vanilla, common salt too two tablespoons milk (add carbohydrate i loving cup at a time). Beat until good combined.

If the frosting seems a picayune thick, add together the other two tablespoons of milk too crunch well. (I ever terminate upwards putting inward all four tablespoons of milk for around reason).

This frosting is likewise creamy to purpose inward a decorator bag, but it is perfect for canvass cakes, cupcakes, etc.

Keep inward hear that this is a cooked frosting too it volition "set up" later its completely cooled too live on ALMOST fudgy inward texture.

ENJOY !!!