This Dairy-Free Salted Cashew Butter Frosting is the ultimate frosting recipe to add a unique sweet & salty twist to your favorite desserts. It goes especially well with anything chocolate! Keep scrolling to find the full recipe.
I first shared this recipe as a favorite topping for my (best ever) Grain-Free Brownies. It seriously takes them to the next level, y’all. After I’m so obsessed with it, I figured it deserved its own blog post! Now, give this a save and use it to top your favorite brownies, cake or cupcakes. Thank me later 💋
Salted Cashew Butter Frosting
This Dairy-Free Salted Cashew Butter Frosting is the a delicious sweet & salty addition to your favorite brownies, cake or cupcakes.
- Prep Time: 5
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted dairy-free butter, softened to room temperature
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons creamy cashew butter
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon nondairy milk
- flaky sea salt
Instructions
Using a hand mixer beat together butter and cashew butter, then powdered sugar, then vanilla and milk. Continue until smooth consistency and spread on cooled brownies, cake or cupcakes. Top with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.
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What kind of cashew butter should I use?
Any creamy cashew butter would work great in this recipe. But I usually opt for an organic cashew butter made with minimal ingredients.
What kind of dairy-free butter should I use?
In this case, aim for a stick butter alternative rather than a spread. If you are looking for a good one, I recommend either Earth Balance and Miyokos. Plus, you can also use regular butter if you are not dairy-free.
Can I use a different kind of nut butter?
Of course – any other creamy nut butter would be delicious!
Can I make this frosting sugar-free?
A sugar-free alternative would be to use powdered monk fruit sweetener instead of powdered sugar. Please note I have not tried that in this recipe. Lakanto makes a powdered monk fruit sweetener (find it on Amazon here), and you can also add regular monk fruit sweetener to a blender or food processor and pulse until it becomes a powdered consistency.
As always, if you make this Salted Cashew Butter Frosting or any of my other recipes I’d love to know how they turned out. Please leave a review, and be sure to tag me on Instagram @Hungry.Blonde! xoxo GG
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