Basic Frosting
"This Basic frosting mix came from a now out-of-print cookbook. It is the frosting that garnished most of our cakes growing up at a time when I had no idea there was any such thing as a cake-in-a-box or prepackaged frosting. The stuff at the store doesnt compare. Additionally you can make this any flavor by simply substituting the vanilla. For example lemon juice & zest, chocolate, maple flavoring, peppermint flavoring, etc."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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1 standard cake (whether sheet or doublestack round)
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup shortening (Crisco recommended)
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine (butter tastes better)
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla (real vanilla is best)
- 5 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
directions
- Cream butter and Shortening Add Vanilla Using a mixer, beat at Medium speed.
- Slowly sift in Confectioners sugar Keeping mixer at Medium speed or below.
- Once sugar is completely mixed in, add Milk.
- Mix at High speed until light and fluffy Cover with a damp cloth until ready to use.
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Reviews
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Good tasting and easy to tint. Thanks. -
This frosting is good. I used it to cover a Recipe #67276. I did add 1 tsp. of almond extract, just to enhance the flavor a bit, because I used all shortening. I made 1 1/2 amounts of this recipe, and it was enough to frost a cake from a Wilton Giant Cupcake pan. I tinted half of it green to pipe up the bottom of the "cupcake" so it would look like a giant cupcake liner, and it looked awesome. -
This frosting is was wonderful! Very easy to make and so tasty. Everyone loved it. This will definitely be used again and again! -
This frosting was one of the best that I have ever tasted! My family loved it. It is better than the store bought frosting and even the bakeries. Old fashioned is the way to go! Thanks for this awesome recipe.
