Comments on: Old Fashioned Caramel Icing https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/ Family-friendly savory and sweet recipes! Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:05:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Debbie https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-53149 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-53149 It’s it possible to add more brown sugar to tone the powdered sugar taste down it’s good but I just mostly taste the powdered sugar
Thanks

]]> By: Colleen Blair https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-51424 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-51424 I need a glaze not frosting for donuts. I want it to dry and kind of crack when you bite into a donuts. How can this be adapted

]]> By: Suebee Homemaker https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-47759 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-47759 In reply to Susan J.

Thanks so much Susan! We love it too.

]]> By: Susan J https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-47339 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-47339

I just tried this and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I had looked up so many recipes and used this one and so glad I did!! Thank you!! Mmmmmmmm!!

]]> By: Tom https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-46680 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-46680

Sue bee, Caramel cake is my favorite but I was taught the icing had to be cooked to softball stage (235-245*) one recipe said the mixture had to be cooked 1 hour storing the entire time !! It created fear in my brave soul! Sue bee you made me BREAKWIND I GOT so durn excited I swany you said my soul on happy ! Thank you for correcting my gut ! I swany gal you are smart ! If I hung full time I would need depends !! Excitement and old age !

]]> By: Keisha https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-43413 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-43413 In reply to Vicky.

Look up Old Fashioned Southern Caramel icing, it’s just evaporated milk, sugar, butter and vanilla. Takes awhile to cook but it’s wonderful

]]> By: Suebee Homemaker https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-39337 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-39337 In reply to Melissa Darlene Moore.

No, this recipe is plenty to cover your cake. Enjoy!

]]> By: Melissa Darlene Moore https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-39336 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-39336 I am going to make a homemade apple cake in a 9×13 baking pan. Want to make this caramel icing to go over it .
Does the icing recipe need to be doubled to cover this large of a cake?

]]> By: Stephanie Evans https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-39222 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-39222 In reply to Vicky.

Sift the powdered suger!

]]> By: Suebee Homemaker https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-38739 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-38739 In reply to Colleen Harvey.

Please stop back and let me know how it turned out for you, Colleen!

]]> By: Colleen Harvey https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-38458 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-38458 Hi SueBee, I am in Australia and this recipe sounds very like the one my mother use to make when she baked banana cakes. I’m keen to try it.
Colleen

]]> By: Suebee Homemaker https://suebeehomemaker.com/old-fashioned-caramel-icing/#comment-38334 https://suebeehomemaker361.e.wpstage.net/?p=48089#comment-38334 In reply to Diane.

Oh yum! Thanks Diane!

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