Miracle Caramel Frosting

Name: Miracle Caramel Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups (enough for two 9-inch cake layers)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces), dark brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 cup (1¼ ounces), all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/2 cups, whole milk; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 24 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened (3 sticks), cut into 24 pieces

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

Desserts or Baked Goods

This old-time recipe miraculously transforms as you beat it, but it needed a little modern-day help.

SERVESMakes about 4 cups (enough for two 9-inch cake layers)

TIME40 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling and 1 hour resting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our approach to Miracle Caramel Frosting was unconventional, but the result was fluffy, flavorful icing the likes of which we’d never tasted. We started by heating and stirring flour and milk into a thick paste, beating together sticks of b...

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