Penuche icing

This brown sugar icing recipe is also known as penuche frosting. It is easy to make and is perfect with cake flavors like banana, chocolate, spice, and more.

Hello, my new favorite sugary goodness. I had never heard of this delicious concoction until yesterday and it has definitely made it into my dessert recipe binder. (Yes, I have a special binder for dessert recipes. It’s my favorite food group!) Penuche (pronounced \pa-noo-chee\) very much resembles the caramel frosting that my grandmother used to make.…

Penuche frosting is a vintage butterscotch flavored, fudge-like frosting that is great on single-layer or Bundt cakes.

This simple penuche (pronounced pen-OO-chee) frosting made with brown sugar, butter, and confectioners' sugar. Try it on on your next batch of cupcakes, butter pecan cake, or spice cake for a sweet, fudgey treat.

This recipe comes from an old version of the Betty Crocker Cookbook that my mother got when she first married. It is wonderful addition to any chocolate cake. Enough for 2 - 8" or 9" layers or 1 - 13x9" oblong cake.

Penuche Frosting

These soft pumpkin cookies are topped with a brown sugar frosting called penuche. Made with brown sugar, milk, and powdered sugar, it tastes like candy!

I thought I would attempt to make a homemade angel food cake for Laura’s birthday. I had tried it once before, years ago, and it hadn’t turned out well. This time I studied recipes and watched a vi…

I saw this frosting recipe on Food52, it is family recipe from editor Lindsay Jean Hard and thought a caramel frosting would be nice on the cake. The frosting couldn’t be easier to make. I do…

This was my Grandmother's recipe. It was on a handwritten note inside her "school" cookbook. She made this often. It has been and will continue to be a family favorite. This is real good on chocolate cake.