Sues Never Fail Caramel Icing Recipes

CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Place the butter and brown sugar in a heavy saucepan over low-medium heat; cook and stir until the sugar dissolves and the mixture boils. Stir in the cream, return to a boil, and boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat and cool.
• Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth.

CARAMEL FROSTING I

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter, and mix in 3 tablespoons milk and brown sugar. Boil vigorously for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and beat in 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Cool slightly, and beat in the vanilla and remaining 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Add more milk if the mixture is too thick.

CARAMEL FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a 2-quart saucepan over medium heat; stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook until thickened, about 1 minute. Let cool for 5 minutes.
• Whisk milk into the saucepan until mixture is smooth.
• Beat 3 cups confectioners' sugar and salt into the butter mixture with an electric mixer on low speed. Add remaining confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time, beating until smooth.

NEVER FAIL CREAMY CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Melt 1/2 cup of sugar in iron skillet slowly, until brown and runny.
• Mix egg, butter, remaining sugar, and milk in a saucepan and cook over low heat until butter melts.
• Turn the heat up to medium and add the browned sugar.
• Cook until it reaches the soft ball stage or until mixture leaves sides of pan. This takes about 10 minutes.
• Remove from heat, let cool slightly, and add vanilla.
• Beat until right consistency to spread.
• If it gets too thick add a little cream.
• This will ice a 2 layer cake.

SUE'S NEVER FAIL CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, shortening, butter and evaporated milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Cool and beat in 4X sugar

CARAMEL FUDGE ICING

Steps:

• Boil first 3 ingredients to soft ball stage.
• Add butter.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Add vanilla.
• Beat until right consistency.
• Thin with a little cream if too thick.

CREAMY CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Scald cream.
• Beat cream together with butter and set aside.
• Caramelize sugar and add cream mixture stir until lumps are dissolved.
• Gradually stir in confectioner's sugar.
• Beat until creamy.
• Ice cake.

CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• In a small pot on low heat, cook brown sugar, cream, and butter until sugar is dissolved, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
• Add vanilla, salt and powdered sugar. Blend on low speed with an electric mixer, until all ingredients are incorporated.
• Then blend on high speed for about 3-4 minutes or until icing becomes light, fluffy and slightly thickened (it will also be lighted in color.) The more you blend, the lighter and thicker the icing becomes.
• Spread over cookies, cake or cupcakes. Makes enough icing for one 9- x 13-inch sheet cake.

CARAMEL ICING

Steps:

• Combine butter and brown sugar in a saucepan.
• Cook over low heat, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Add remaining ingredients; beat until well mixed.
• Ice cookies and cakes with this recipe.