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This decadent brown sugar icing glaze has only 5 ingredients and needs barely 10 minutes of your time to make. It has a rich caramel flavor you will love and it’s easy to spread on top of your baking. It is also amazing to eat off the spoon, I can attest from personal experience when I was making my new apple cake recipe.
Brown Sugar Icing Glaze
This is an icing and a glaze all in on and with a wonderful caramel flavor, this is a very versatile topping! To get a thinner glaze – simply add more cream until you get the consistency that you desire. If you want more of an icing do not add as much cream and it will spread on thicker. It sets up perfectly – crackly and firm on your baked goods.
What to Use This Icing On
Make this glaze a bit thinner to drizzle over your favorite pastries like scones, biscuits, or tarts.
Make it a thicker icing rather than a glaze and use it on cakes like my spice cake, my pumpkin cake or a sweet potato cheesecake!
How to Make Brown Sugar Glaze
Easy to make in 10 minutes this is a quick last-minute icing to make! For detailed instructions see the recipe card below.
- Combine the butter, brown sugar, and cream. Bring to a low boil, stirring continuously, and cook until the brown sugar is dissolved. Stir in the vanilla, Let cool for a few minutes.
- Add the powdered sugar slowly, whisking after each addition, adding until you have reached the desired consistency for the glaze.
- Use immediately as the icing will set within minutes.
How To Store
This brown sugar icing glaze will keep at room temperature on your baking for up to three days. Keep your baking with the glaze in a sealed container and it will still be delicious. If you only use half a batch, you can refrigerate the icing in a closed container for up to a week or freeze it for later use. Simply defrost at room temperature and use.
Happy Baking
Love,
Karlynn
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Brown Sugar Icing Glaze
- Prep Time
- 3 minutes
- Cook Time
- 10 minutes
- Course
- Dessert
- Cuisine
- American
- Servings
- 1 batch
- Calories
- 1492
- Author
- Karlynn Johnston
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons salted butter
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a small saucepan combine the butter, brown sugar, and cream. Bring to a low boil, stirring continuously and cook until the brown sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla, Let cool for a few minutes.
- Add the powdered sugar slowly, whisking after each addition, adding until you have reached the desired consistency for the glaze.
- For a cake topping, it should be a thicker glaze that you spread on top. For drizzling over scones and muffins you need a slightly thinner glaze.
- Use immediately as the icing will set within minutes.
Recipe Notes
- If you need to thin the glaze ( eg. you added too much powdered sugar) simply add more cream at the end, teaspoon by teaspoon, until you reach the desired consistency.
Nutrition Information
All calories and info are based on a third party calculator and are only an estimate. Actual nutritional info will vary with brands used, your measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
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