Miracle Caramel Frosting

Name: Miracle Caramel Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups (enough for two 9-inch cake layers)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups packed (10½ ounces/298 grams), dark brown sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 cup (1¼ ounces/35 grams), all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/2 cups, whole milk; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 24 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened (3 sticks), cut into 24 pieces

Desserts or Baked Goods

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

This old-time recipe miraculously transforms as you beat it, but it needed a little modern-day help.

SERVES Makes about 4 cups (enough for two 9-inch cake layers)

TIME 40 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling and 1 hour resting

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