Medium

Burnt Butter Frosting

Total Time
36 min
10m prep · 26m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This unusual frosting recipe is made with burnt butter. It is excellent on yellow cakes, and I always get rave reviews. Don't be tempted to substitute margarine for butter in this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cups butter
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 tablespoons milk

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until butter has "burned" and turned a nice tan color. Remove the saucepan from heat.

  2. 2

    Slowly mix in confectioners' sugar and vanilla, beating with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in milk, one tablespoon at a time, until desired spreading consistency is reached. Use frosting immediately, as frosting will set up quickly.

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