Caramel Frosting - American Recipe

Caramel Frosting

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Saucepan, Tablespoon

Classic American caramel frosting — simple, satisfying home baking.

Ingredients

• 1 cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. Put — the sugar, milk, and butter into a saucepan, set the pan over the fire, and bring slowly to a boil.
2. Boil — without stirring until the mixture will form into a thread when dropped from the tip of a spoon.
3. Take — from the fire, add the vanilla, and beat until thick enough to spread on the cake.

Tags: milk, butter, sugar · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)