This weekend is my brother’s wedding. Those of you who follow me on Twitter or read my blog regularly may remember that I am baking their wedding cake – a small cake and lots of cupcakes, actually. As you can imagine, this week has been pretty busy for me, and the weekend will be no different!
Throughout the week I’ve been working on adding ivory ribbons to cupcake wrappers and decorating mini gum paste flowers. Now, today starts the baking frenzy. I’ve tried to keep up with blogging in the meantime, but things may be a bit slow around here for a little while next week as I do my best to get back into the swing of things.
In preparation, over the past few months, I’ve been trying lots of new cupcake and frosting recipes trying to find the perfect flavors for the wedding cake and cupcakes. So, I thought I’d share one of the frosting recipes with you today. This wasn’t a winning recipe for the wedding, but I thought it was pretty good. I used some butter rum extract from King Arthur Flour to jazz up a brown butter cream cheese frosting. It’s a great flavor combo for the holidays… If you like butter rum flavor, that is. The frosting has a definite rum flavor, which I like a lot. The frosting tends to steal the show, so it’s best paired with a simple flavored cake like a basic spice or vanilla.
Brown Butter Rum Cream Cheese Frosting
(Makes enough for a 2 layer 9-inch cake or 24 cupcakes)
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, browned and cooled
(for tips on browning butter, refer to this post) - 1/2 teaspoon butter rum flavoring
- Pinch of salt
- 4 – 5 cups powdered sugar
Using a stand mixer (or a hand mixer, if you prefer), beat the cream cheese on medium speed until it is light and fluffy. Add the brown butter, butter rum flavoring, and the pinch of salt. Beat to blend the ingredients (it may be a bit lumpy, but that’s OK).
Gradually add the powdered sugar, beating after each addition, until the frosting is the desired consistency. You will want a softer/creamier frosting to frost a cake and a slightly stiffer frosting to decorate cupcakes. If necessary, you can thin the frosting by beating in a bit of milk or cream (about 1 teaspoon at a time).
Brown butter AND rum?! I think you hit the jackpot here.
that frosting looks sinfully delicious! i could totally see myself getting wayyy too many fingerfuls of that deliciousness before even frosting my cupcakes!
Good luck with the wedding this weekend, I’m sure the cake as well as the cupcakes are going to be a huge hit! As is this brown butter rum cream cheese frosting.
I just made brown butter cream cheese frosting for the first time for Thanksgiving and I am in love with it! I can’t even imagine adding a little butter rum flavor to it too – wow! Heavenly.
Rum makes anything better. ;-) Good luck with all the baking!!
I’m so trying this out! Good luck with the baking & have fun at the wedding!
these are gorgeous! i love that you are making your brother’s wedding cake. so special! so meaningful! i am sure it will be just perfect!
As if cream cheese frosting wasn’t good enough already, you go and add brown butter AND rum. You are one smart and sassy girl :)
Um, I wouldn’t even get to icing my cakes with frosting like this!
Yum Yum for Brown Butter Rum Cream Cheese Frosting!
Oh, Jen! You are DANGEROUS!!! *swoon*
Mmm, butter rum lifesavers were always my fave, so if this frosting is anything like that, I’m sold!
This frosting looks great! You are such a nice sister to make all those treats for your brother :)
Forget the cupcake. I’m eating this straight up. Off the spoon. Standing up.
That looks wonderful
That sounds great and the pictures pretty. Good luck with the wedding cake(s):) Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Good luck with the wedding baking – I have no doubt everything will look gorgeous and taste wonderful :)
Those look amazing!