Caramel Fudge Frosting

Name: Caramel Fudge Frosting
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups brown sugar; 3/4 cup evaporated milk; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Submitted by Chef Flight Attenda

"Wonderfully rich and creamy caramel frosting. This doesn't make much, so to ice a 2-layer cake, you'll want to double the recipe. This recipe came from a dear friend in Lebanon, Virginia, in the foothills of Appalachia. She was close to 100 y/o and it had been in her family forever."

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Ready In:: 25mins
Ingredients:: 4
Yields:: 1 cake

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ cups brown sugar
³⁄₄ cup evaporated milk
2 tablespoons butter
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vanilla

directions

Cook sugar with cream in saucepan until it forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water (approx 234-240 degrees on candy thermometer).
Add butter and vanilla.
Remove from heat, stir until it has cooled and gotten to spreading consistency.