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Brown Sugar Frosting

Brown sugar frosting recipe makes brown sugar frosting that's whipped until it's light and fluffy. This frosting is made without powdered sugar!

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories: 172 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 7 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 ¼ cups milk
  • 1 ½ tablespoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups salted butter at cool room temperature
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar packed
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

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  1. In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. It will be the consistency of a thick paste.
  2. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature.
  3. Stir in vanilla.
  4. While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter, sugar, and salt together until light and fluffy on medium high, about 3 minutes.
  5. Then add the completely cooled milk mixture.
  6. Beat it for about 5 minutes on medium-high to high until it looks like whipped cream. If you can still taste the sugar granules, keep beating it until you can’t.

Notes

  • Butter temperature: Make sure that your butter isn’t too warm! The butter should be at cool room temperature. You want it to dent if you press it, but you don’t want it to be so warm that it’s near melting.
  • Milk/flour mixture: When cooking the milk/flour mixture, you don’t want it to look wet. It should be like a thick paste. If it’s wet and runny, your frosting will be too loose.
  • Mixing: If you’re using a hand mixer, beat it on high. This recipe work well with a stand mixer because it has the power to really whip the frosting.
  • Mixing time: Please don’t cut the mixing time short! I know it’s tempting, but it’s important to beat the butter and sugar together for the time the recipe calls for to keep it from being gritty. If you cut the mixing times short, you won’t end up with the right texture of frosting.
  • To get the best flavor, you’ll want to use real butter and pure vanilla extract.
  • Nutrition values are estimates. 

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 172kcal (9%) Carbohydrates 15g (5%) Fat 11g (17%) Saturated Fat 7g (35%) Cholesterol 31mg (10%) Sodium 110mg (5%) Potassium 40mg (1%) Sugar 14g (28%) Vitamin A 375IU (8%) Calcium 29mg (3%) Iron 0.2mg (1%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 172

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 172kcal 9%
Carbohydrates 15g 5%
Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Cholesterol 31mg 10%
Sodium 110mg 5%
Potassium 40mg 1%
Sugar 14g 28%
Vitamin A 375IU 8%
Calcium 29mg 3%
Iron 0.2mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.