Easy Caramel Sauce Recipe (How to Make Caramel Sauce) – learn how to make an easy and homemade caramel sauce in only 15 minutes! If you love this, add it or this Vegan Caramel Sauce to my Caramel Buttercream or mix it with my Chocolate Ganache or Apple Butter to frost all of your cakes and cupcakes!
From fresh peach pie to vanilla ice cream, we have had quite the week of classic recipes perfect for the summer. I had to finish this week with the perfect accent for both though this is quite amazing on its own. This caramel sauce is so simple, decadent and just plain delicious that you will want to drizzle it on every single thing you make all year long!
EASY CARAMEL SAUCE
I learned how to make this easy caramel sauce at my Le Cordon Bleu course earlier this year. I have a caramel sauce from my real deal caramel cake recipe that is my go to, and I will never leave her side. But it literally takes 1 to 2 hours to make. This new recipe, however, can be done in 15 minutes. In fact, it is so easy that I didn’t even write a true recipe for it!
HOW TO MAKE CARAMEL SAUCE
To make this homemade caramel sauce, you start by taking a pan and coating the entire bottom of the pan with granulated sugar.
Next, turn your heat to medium low and begin to watch the magic happen.
The sugar will begin to dissolve as it melts down into a clear liquid. I begin to swirl it around a bit just to make sure the remaining sugar also melts.
Look at those bubbles of caramel love developing!
Once the sugar has completely melted down and turned a golden color, add in about a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of heavy cream (depending on how big your pan is and how much sugar you added) and quickly whisk together since the sugar has the tendency to turn into a sticky gooey mess. Continue to quickly whisk and allow the caramel to thicken up and become a wonderful rich and smooth sauce. Once smooth and thick, turn off heat and add a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract to the sauce and allow to cool a bit.
Then drizzle some on my vanilla ice cream…
And don’t forget to add some to a slice of peach pie and vanilla ice cream!
Easy Caramel Sauce Recipe (How to Make Caramel Sauce)
Ingredients
- 1-2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ - ¾ cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Take a sauce pan and coat the entire bottom of it with granulated sugar.
- Next, turn your heat to medium low. The sugar will begin to dissolve as it melts down into a clear liquid.
- Then, swirl the liquid around a bit just to make sure the remaining sugar also melts.
- Once the sugar has completely melted down and turned a golden color, add in about a 1/2 to 3/4 cup of heavy cream (depending on how big your pan is and how much sugar you added) and quickly whisk together.
- Continue to quickly whisk and allow the caramel to thicken and become a wonderful rich and smooth sauce.
- Once smooth and thick, turn off heat and add a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract to the sauce and allow to cool.
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I made this twice in one day and both times the sugar became rock candy hard, fortunately there was enough that wasn’t hard to use on the carrot cake cupcakes, we’re talking delish. But what did I do wrong to turn it hard, it hardened before all the sugar was melted???
So I know I can put this on things.. but I can just eat it with a spoon too, right? YUM!
Yep you can totally do that too girl! You are a girl after my own heart!