Showing posts with label frostings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label frostings. Show all posts

Jan 17, 2012

White Icing (for sugar cookies)

Recipe from Alice Kingsbury

2 tbls margarine, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
4-5 tbls Half & Half or milk

Combine and stir until desired consistency, adding more liquid or sugar as needed.  Add food coloring for desired colors.

Snow Peak Frosting

Recipe from Joanne Olsen

1¼ cups corn syrup
2 egg whites
Pinch of salt
½ tsp vanilla

Bring white syrup just to boiling.  Meanwhile, beat egg whites until foamy and form soft peaks when beater is raised.  Add salt.  Slowly add hot syrup while beating; beat until it forms stiff peaks.  Fold in vanilla.  Add food coloring if desired.  Spread on a cake.

Note: Good on Angel Food cake.

Note: Chocolate Snow Peak:  fold in 2 squares melted unsweetened chocolate when vanilla is added.

Fudge Frosting

Recipe from Janet Meyne

2 tbls butter (can use 3)
1½ cups sugar
½ cup milk
1½ squares baking chocolate, chopped
1 tsp vanilla

In heavy saucepan, melt butter.  Then add sugar and milk; stir well.  Bring to boil and add chocolate.  Boil, without stirring, until soft ball forms in cold water.  Remove from heat, stir in vanilla.  Cool awhile, and then beat with spoon until of spreading consistency.  (When this starts to set, you have to work fast if you are frosting cup cakes).

Fudge Frosting

Recipe from Janet Meyne

1½ cup sugar
6 tbls milk
6 tbls butter or margarine
Dash of salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Mix and bring to boil sugar, butter, milk, & salt; boil for one minute.  Remove from heat, add vanilla and chocolate chips.  Beat until spreading consistency.

Buttercream Frosting

Recipe from Jacey Sakoff

1 (1 lb) box of Confectioner’s Sugar
½ cup butter, softened
2-4 tbls milk
Dash vanilla

Combine ingredients in large mixing bowl.  Mix on low speed to combine.  Beat a medium speed 1-2 minutes until creamy.  Add more milk if needed or to desired consistency.

Jan 16, 2012

White Icing for Sugar Cookies

Recipe from Alice Kingsbury

2 tbls margarine, melted
2 cups powdered sugar
4-5 tbls Half & Half or milk

Combine and stir until desired consistency, adding more liquid or sugar as needed.  Add food coloring for desired colors.

Chocolate Frosting

Recipe from Alice Kingsbury

1 cup sugar
¼ cup shortening
1/3 cup milk
2 tbls (heaping) cocoa
Vanilla, splash

Bring first 4 ingredients to a rolling boil.  Boil 1 minute 15 seconds.  Add vanilla.  Beat until dull.