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Butterscotch Frosting

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Butterscotch Frosting: A light and fluffy buttercream with the rich flavor of butterscotch. Add a pop of flavor to your pumpkin bread, carrot cake cupcakes or even on BUTTERBEER Cupcakes!  With simple ingredients and a surprise ingredient.

Butterscotch Frosting | Add a pop of flavor to your pumpkin bread, carrot cake cupcakes or even on BUTTERBEER Cupcakes! With this creamy delicious Butterscotch Frosting!
Instead of melting butter and brown sugar simply add butterscotch chips!  This super easy recipe is just as flavorful as the cooked frosting and goes great on quick breads, cakes, cupcakes and cookies.

How to Store Butterscotch Frosting

Butterscotch Frosting | Add a pop of flavor to your pumpkin bread, carrot cake cupcakes or even on BUTTERBEER Cupcakes! With this creamy delicious Butterscotch Frosting!
STORE FROSTING IN AN AIR TIGHT CONTAINER IN THE REFRIGERATOR UP TO 2 WEEKS OR IN THE FREEZER UP TO 3 MONTHS.

How to Make Butterscotch Frosting

  • INGREDIENTS (full printable recipe below)
    • 1 cup butterscotch chips
    • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
    • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
    • 1 teaspoon butter flavor
    • 1/8 teaspoon salt
    • 1 (2 pound) bag confectioners’ sugar
    • 1/3 cup cream soda
  • DIRECTIONS
    • In a medium microwave safe bowl heat the butterscotch chips and heavy cream (about 1 minute).
    • Stir until all the chips are melted and the mixture is creamy.
    • Set aside to cool 10 minutes.
    • In a large mixing bowl whip the butter until light and fluffy.
    • Spoon in the butterscotch mixture, butter flavor and salt.
    • Mix until combined.
    • Slowly add the sugar 1 cup at a time alternating with the cream soda.
    • Beat until light and fluffy.

Why should my ingredients be at room temperature?

Butterscotch Frosting | Add a pop of flavor to your pumpkin bread, carrot cake cupcakes or even on BUTTERBEER Cupcakes! With this creamy delicious Butterscotch Frosting!
This one is simple. The recipe calls for “softened” or “room temperature” butter. This simple step will make it easier for you to reach a light and fluffy frosting. No one wants chunks of butter in their frosting. Just lay the butter on the counter until when pressed with your finger it gives and makes a indention, without your finger sliding anywhere. Firm, but not cold. Lightly softened without being greasy.

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TIPS FOR LIGHT AND FLUFFY FROSTING

Butterscotch Frosting | Add a pop of flavor to your pumpkin bread, carrot cake cupcakes or even on BUTTERBEER Cupcakes! With this creamy delicious Butterscotch Frosting!
  • Good ingredients “real” butter not margarine
  • Room temperature ingredients
  • Be patient…you’ll need to whip the frosting at least 3 to 5 minutes (sometimes I do this step twice).  This will allow air to incorporate into the butter and create the lightness you want.
  • That’s it!  It’s really not as hard as you might think.
Butterscotch Frosting
Yield: Makes 4 1/2 cups

Butterscotch Frosting

A light and fluffy buttercream with the rich flavor of butterscotch. Add a pop of flavor to your pumpkin bread, carrot cake cupcakes or even on BUTTERBEER Cupcakes!  With simple ingredients and a surprise ingredient.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butterscotch chips
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavor
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1 (2 pound) bag powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup cream soda

Instructions

  1. In a medium microwave safe bowl heat the butterscotch chips and heavy cream (about 1 minute).
  2. Stir until all the chips are melted and the mixture is creamy.
  3. Set aside to cool 10 minutes.
  4. In a large mixing bowl whip the butter until light and fluffy.
  5. Spoon in the butterscotch mixture, butter flavor and salt.
  6. Mix until combined.
  7. Slowly add the sugar 1 cup at a time alternating with the cream soda.
  8. Beat until light and fluffy (at least 3 minutes).

NOTE: If the frosting is too thick drizzle in another tablespoon of cream soda.

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Comments

Butterscotch Frosting — 15 Comments

  1. Thanks for this recipe! I am up late, getting tired, and just burned some butterscotch sauce for frosting. I am giving this a try!

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  3. Hi Sheryl, we can’t get butterscotch chips here in Zambia and our cream soda is a green color! ? Do you happen to have another butterscotch icing recipe?

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    • Hi Stacy, Butter flavoring is like an extract but it’s butter flavored. You should be able to find it at Walmart. McCormick makes it.

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  5. Hi, Can you please tell me what butterscotch chips are? (I live in Australia and don’t think we have them here) Are they soft, like chocolate, or hard, like butterscotch candy? Thanks.

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    • Hi Vicki, I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe. Frostings with butter and milk should be stored in the refrigerator with an air tight lid up to 2 weeks or freezer up to 3 months.

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