This Creamy Brown Sugar Frosting is super rich and loaded with sweetness and flavor. It’s easy to make and goes well with pretty much everything!
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.
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?!
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Creamy Brown Sugar Frosting
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 5
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Frosting
- Method: Stove
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Creamy Brown Sugar Frosting is super rich and loaded with sweetness and flavor. It’s easy to make and goes well with pretty much everything!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium low heat bring the butter, brown sugar, and heavy cream to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat immediately and allow to cool completely.
- Transfer the brown sugar mixture into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. With the mixer on low, slowly add in the vanilla and then powdered sugar. Turn the mixer speed up to medium and continue mixing until creamy and combined, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.
Notes
This frosting is creamy and will pipe, but isn’t stiff enough to pipe roses. It also is a great “crusting” frosting.
Store airtight for up to 5 days in refrigerator. Bring back to room temperature before using.
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When do I add the vanilla?
add it in before the powdered sugar 🙂
May I freeze this?
sure!
I used this to frost my cinnamon rolls. Oh, my goodness is all I have to say!❤
★★★★★
what a great idea!!
Hi! If I made this without adding in the powdered sugar, roughly how many servings would there be?
Do you think this would work with Cream puff?
It might be a little heavy to fill a cream puff with, but if you try it let me know!
This. Stuff. Rocks. My new fave!
★★★★★
lol! So glad you enjoyed!!
How can I make this like HALF as sweet? What proportions would you change?
Do you think this would work with red velvet cake?
Yes!!
Should add that they are baked donuts, not fried…
Looking forward to trying this. Just getting into making donuts and one that I’ve been playing with is a pineapple donut. Thinking using this as the frosting and should have the taste of a pineapple upside down cake in portable form!
About how many normal size cupcakes could this recipe frost? I am making chocolate cookie dough stuffed cupcakes for the third time and don’t like the brown sugar frosting recipe included with the cupcake recipe. I’m going to use your recipe instead but don’t know whether I should double it or make as is.
This will frost 12-15 cupcakes, or more depending on hoe much you use 🙂