Hi

I was doing some research for a caramel frosting and noticed that all of the recipes used butter and it has to be cooked along with the brown sugar.

Has anyone had any success with a caramel frosting that uses shortening in any way (one that kinda crusts)?

can i make the all-butter frosting and add it to my regular crusting buttercream, like 50/50?

how about adding caramel sauce to crusting buttercream, will that work?

i guess that i am really searching for a crusting buttercream with a good caramel flavour.

Thanks!

I have used regular all shortening based BC with molasses added to use on spice cake and carrot cakes....easy to make...crusts the same as regular BC. Adjust the liquid to account for the molasses. Only "disadvantage" so to say is the color....a really nice tan color.

I use the recipe for Chocolcate Syrup Frosting in the recipe section here at Cake Central, omittting the cocoa and using Hershey's Dulce de Leche syrup and/or caramel ice cream topping for flavor. Lorann oils makes a good caramel flavor as well.

i'd say either an essence or a can of top and fill/dulce de lech depending what color you wnt

wilton has a caramel buttercream recipe on their site. I have made it and it's pretty thin so I would add more powdered sugar. I tasted very good.

thanks, everyone!

bathoryjones, i checked out the Wilton website for the recipe but couldn't find it. can you post the link? TIA

i will also try making a batch of caramel sauce and adding it to my regular BC recipe.

Thanks again!