If you pipe this salted caramel frosting with star tips, it will not hold its shape as nicely since the frosting is sooo creamy. The best piping tip for this frosting is the Wilton #12 round tip. This icing is meant for frosting cakes and cupcakes and the icing is a little crunchy (gritty) on the outside but soft and smooth when you bite into it.

Sweet, creamy and delicious, our The Best Caramel Buttercream Frosting tastes great on nearly every type of cake, cupcake or cookie. DIRECTIONS. Directions. Melt butter in a pan. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.

Add 1 tablespoon heavy cream at a time until consistency is right. So I suggest a simple round tip. Caramel is good in candy. In a heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter and milk; bring to a boil over medium heat. I like to make homemade caramel sauce to use in this recipe, although it does take some advance planning since the caramel has to cool COMPLETELY or else it will melt the butter and the frosting will not work.

Let syrup cook until it reaches 320°F when measured with a candy thermometer and turns a caramel color. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla.

This salted caramel frosting is light and fluffy, with rich caramel flavor. It takes time and patience but … Caramel Frosting With Brown Sugar And Cream. Most icing recipes don’t take quite as much stirring, mixing, cooking, and caramelizing, but, then again, most icing recipes don’t even come close to being quite as delicious as this caramel icing. Caramel icing is also quite different from caramel frosting. Add brown sugar and boil for two minutes, stirring constantly. Southern caramel cake with homemade caramel icing from butter, sugar, and milk. If you are making cupcakes, you should be able to frost 24 cupcakes if you apply the frosting with a knife. Homemade caramel frosting is a labor of love.

Two Ways to Pipe with Wilton #12. Ingredients 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon all-purpose-flour 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup milk 3/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Add milk and stir until mixture boils, remove and cool. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring just until sugar dissolves. Caramel is good in ice cream. This one tastes just like Grandma’s! In small saucepan, combine sugar and 1/3 cup water. Like in the video above. Our recipe should make enough The Best Salted Caramel Buttercream Frosting to cover a 9″ x 13″ sheet cake or a two-layer 8″ cake. A sweet caramel-flavored frosting, perfect for topping all types of cakes and cupcakes.