Creamy Caramel Sweetened Condensed Milk Frosting

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This creamy caramel frosting comes together really easily and starts with a can of sweetened condensed milk to make it extra special. It is a great way to make a caramel frosting for your favorite cakes!

Caramel frosting is perfect to go with so many different flavors of cakes. Chocolate of course comes to mind, but it’s also great with banana, vanilla, carrot, and so much more.

This version is super creamy, soft and luscious.  It is one your will instantly fall in love with.  Whip up a batch to see for yourself!

Creamy.  Caramelly.  Luscious. Frosting.

Need I say more?
Probably not, but we both know I’m going to!

I really think I’d be ok in life with three cake recipes. A good butter cake, a perfect chocolate cake and a yummy strawberry cake could get me through most situations.

Don’t get me wrong, I love trying all of the recipes and flavors I can. I mean, do I look like somebody who says no to cake?!

Spoiler alert: I do not say no to cake. Are you kidding me?

But really for me it’s all about the frosting.  I can never have too many frosting recipes.

So when I offered to bring a cake to a family gathering at my mother-in-law’s, I was quick to pull up my old tried and true devilishly good chocolate cake.  (My phone is probably sick of pulling up that recipe, I seem to be going back to it all of the time!)

I thought a delicious caramel frosting would be the way to go. I think I might be going through a phase after the rolo poke cake!

Now I happen to have two caramel frosting recipes on the blog already. One is made with brown sugar and is perfect on Di’s banana cake.

The other caramelizes granulated sugar for a traditional Southern style caramel cake. Both are delicious, but neither were what I had in mind.

So I took elements of those and added a nod toward German chocolate cake. Of course a bit of cream cheese never hurt a frosting, so I added some of that as well. The result was even better than I had imagined.

This frosting is so smooth and creamy. It is just sweet enough with those warm caramel tones. The best part is the texture.

It is almost like the caramel version of my shiny fudge frosting in that respect. It’s got a little bit of sheen to it and spreads like a dream.

While completely unnecessary, I couldn’t help but to toast some coconut flakes and sprinkle them on top. I guess I was still feeling inspired by German chocolate cake.

This frosting is one of my new favorites! But if you are looking for other sweetened condensed milk frosting ideas you can try my chocolate sweetened condensed milk frosting or sweetened condensed milk buttercream!

    You know I’m always ready to try more frosting recipes. What are your favorites?

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Creamy Caramel Sweetened Condensed Milk Frosting

Carlee

This creamy caramel frosting comes together really easily and starts with a can of sweetened condensed milk to make it extra special. It is a great way to make a caramel frosting for your favorite cakes!

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24 Servings

Calories 161 kcal

Equipment

• KitchenAid  5-Qt. Stand Mixer 
• Swiss Diamond Nonstick Saucepan – 2.2 qt (7″)

Ingredients

 

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• 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
• ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
• ½ cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 8 oz cream cheese softened

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Instructions

 

• In a saucepan, bring the sweetened condensed milk, brown sugar and butter to a boil over medium heat. Stir constantly and allow to boil for 3-5 minutes. The frosting should be like a thick pudding.
  14 oz can sweetened condensed milk, ¾ cup light brown sugar, ½ cup butter
• Cool caramel mixture to room temperature. This may take a while, but you can put it in the refrigerator to speed the process if you want to. When cooled, it should be thick enough to almost hold it’s shape. See the picture in the post for reference.
• Whip cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Add cooled caramel mixture and beat for at least a couple of minutes.
  1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 8 oz cream cheese
• Spread over cooled cake.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 161kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 90mgSugar: 18g

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