French Burnt Sugar Frosting
Recipe: #14914
October 21, 2014
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Layer, French, Birthday, Fathers Day, Picnic, Potluck, Sunday Dinner, Gluten-Free, Low Sodium, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Sugar, more
"This frosting paired with spice cake is absolutely incredible. I think it would be delicious paired with chocolate cake too. Makes enough for a 9 x 13 sheet cake or a 2 layer cake. Adapted from Mom's old green Meta Givens cookbook. I think every woman who got married after the war must have had those cookbooks, I see them so often. Requires a candy thermometer."
Original is 12-16 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (78.4 g)
- Calories 242.7
- Total Fat - 8.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.2 g
- Cholesterol - 22.6 mg
- Sodium - 102.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 42.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0 g
- Sugars - 42.6 g
- Protein - 0.7 g
- Calcium - 26.4 mg
- Iron - 0 mg
- Vitamin C - 0 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Place 1/2 cup sugar in a small heavy saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring until melted.
Step 2
Carefully add boiling water, it will hiss and steam. Continue to whisk til a syrup forms.
Step 3
In separate large saucepan over medium-high heat, heat remaining sugar and milk until sugar melts. Add the cooked sugar and cook to soft ball stage, 234 degrees.
Step 4
Cool for 10 minutes without stirring. Add butter, salt and vanilla. Beat til thick enough to spread easily. If frosting becomes too stiff, add some milk.
Step 5
If frosting doesn't set up, you can add a bit of powdered sugar, maybe about 1/2 cup. That happens if you don't get either the syrup or the second pan cooked long enough.
Tips
No special items needed.
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