Penuche Frosting From Venita Grandma W Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan.
• Add brown sugar and bring to a boil.
• continue cooking for 1 minute until thickens.
• Let set 15 minutes.
• Mix in hot milk.
• Add powdered sugar gradually till spreading consisitancy.
• If it gets too thick add a little milk.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream brown sugar and shortening until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in pecans., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack., For frosting, in a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in the brown sugar, milk and salt. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Cool to room temperature, about 20 minutes. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Frost cake.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 9inch springform pan. In a large mixing bowl cream the butter with an electric mixer until soft. Add the sugar and beat until well blended. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until light and very fluffy.
• Thoroughly combine the flour, ground oats, baking powder, cardamom, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat these ingredients into the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, until well blended. Scrape into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake 50 to 55 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Do not overcook. Cool on a wire rack 15 minutes, then loosen the edges of the cake, invert onto a platter, and invert again onto the rack so the cake is right side up. Let the cake cool completely, about 2 hours.
• When the cake is cool, make the frosting: In a small saucepan melt the butter over medium low heat. Add the brown sugar and stir until melted and blended with the butter. Slowly pour in the milk, mix well, and bring the mixture to a boil. Scrape it into a medium bowl and cool 10 minutes. Add the confectioners sugar and vanilla and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread all over the cooled cake. Decorate the cake by sprinkling the ground nuts on top, leaving a 3/4-inch border bare. Wait at least 15 minutes before serving to allow the frosting to set

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and continue to simmer for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in half-and-half cream and salt and return to a boil, continuing to stir. Remove the caramel from the heat and allow to cool to lukewarm, then add vanilla.
• Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar with an electric mixer until smooth, being careful not to over-beat. If the frosting becomes too thick, hot water can be added to thin it out. Spread over a cooled cake and sprinkle with pecans. Allow the frosting to set before serving, about 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Butter an 8inch square pan;set aside.
• Combine Half-and-Half, butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a medium saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves and mixture comes to a boil. *Note: if sugar gets on the side of the pan, get a small bowl of water and a pastry brush and wipe down the sides.
• Add the candy thermometer (bulb of thermometer should not touch the bottom of the saucepan). Continue to cook until mixture reaches the soft-ball stage (238 degrees F).
• Pour into large heat-proof mixer bowl.
• Cool until lukewarm (about 110 degrees F). Don't stir it!
• Once it gets to the right temperature, add vanilla and beat with electric mixer until thick and candy looses it's gloss.
• Beat in pecans.
• Spread into prepared pan and refrigerate until firm.
• Cut into squares then store in refrigerator.

Steps:

• Melt butter in sauce pan.
• Stir in brown sugar.
• Boil and stir over low heat for 2 minutes.
• Stir in milk.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Gradually stir in confectioner's sugar.
• Place pan in ice water and stir until thick enough to spread.

Steps:

• In a mixer bowl, sift flour, white sugar, powder, soda, salt and spices.
• I also sometimes add a grating of fresh nutmeg, and a pinch of ginger if desired.
• (never measured amounts).
• Add buttermilk, brown sugar, and shortening.
• Beat for two minutes.
• Add eggs, and beat another and final two minutes.
• Spread batter into two greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake 350 degrees for 30 minutes, until tester shows done.
• Cool and remove to wire rack for perfect cooling.
• Penuche Frosting:.
• In saucepan melt the half cup butter and stir in the one cup brown sugar.
• Cook until dissolved and boil for two minutes.
• Remove from heat and add the quarter cup evaporated milk.
• Return to heat and return to boiling point stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Beat in 1 3/4 to 2 cups powdered icing sugar.
• If its too thick add in a few tablespoons more milk little at a time.
• If its too thin add in more icing powder a little at a time.
• When to your desired spreading consistency, fill and frost cake.

Steps:

• 1. Melt butter, add brown sugar and boil 2 min. Remove from stove, cool slightly, add milk. Beat in enough powdered sugar to spread on cake.