How do you make frosting?

Question

Everytime I use a recipe to make a frosting for a cake or something, it always comes out soupy. I must be doing something wrong but I just cant seem to figure it out. I've done it several times on several different occasions. So is there a step by step recipe on how to make fluffy frosting that does not come out soupy?

Answer 1

If your frosting comes out soupy, just add more icing sugar to it, until it reaches your desired consistancy. Also, to make it mroe fluffy, try beating with an electric mixer.

Answer 2

Mix about 1/4 cup butter into a paste with about 3 cups powdered sugar. Add hot milk, about 1 teaspoon at a time, until it gets to a thick paste. Add 1teaspoon vanilla extract.

It should thin out enough after the vanilla is added. If not, add a few more drops of hot milk, stirring well.

Answer 3

Before you ever start, your butter or cream cheese MUST be at room-temp. So take it out NOW to soften. (**Note: "Softened" or "room temp" butter does NOT mean to melt it... maybe that has been your problem?) And BE SURE your cake is completely cool to the touch before frosting it, or the warm cake will melt your icing, causing it to be soupy.

Her'es a couple options. Just follow the directions and you shouldn't have soupy frosting.


Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened
2/3 cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups confectioners' sugar
6-8 tablespoons water, depending upon thickness you want

With electric mixer on high, beat butter until fluffy. Beat in cocoa powder and vanilla on low. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, alternating with water, until desired thickness is achieved. For thinner frosting use more water. For thicker frosting, use less water.
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Cream Cheese Icing

1 pound (4 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature
1 pound confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Ccombine the butter, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mixing just until smooth.
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SNOW WHITE BUTTERCREAM ICING

This buttercream icing has an ideal consistency for frosting cakes. It has a firm quality making it good for wedding cake decorations and flat surface or flower nail flowers. Air dry decorations for 24 hours.

2/3 cup water
4 tablespoons meringue powder
12 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1-1/4 cups shortening
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla flavoring
1/4 teaspoon butter flavoring

Combine water and meringue powder; whip at high speed until peaks form. Add 4 cups of sugar, one cup at a time, beating after each addition at low speed. Alternately add shortening and remainder of sugar. Add salt and flavorings; beat at low speed until smooth.

YIELD: 7 cups icing. Recipe may be doubled or cut in half; however, if cut in half, yield is only 2-1/2 cups.

Answer 4

Confectionery sugar and water and then you can also add the flavor you like most to have your favorite frosting,
there are some ready to use in the normal grocery stores or supermarket.
1 cup of confectionery sugar
About 1/2 cup of water

The consistecy as to be creamy so add as much water as the sugar needs to become creamy.

Add the water a slowly slowly not all in once!!!

Answer 5

Powdered Sugar Glaze
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tbsp. milk

MIX powdered sugar and milk until well blended.

Special Extra
Tint glaze by adding 1 or 2 drops of food coloring.



PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese Frosting

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine, softened
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pkg. (16 oz.) powdered sugar (about 4 cups), sifted



BEAT cream cheese, butter and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
ADD sugar gradually, beating until well blended after each addition.

Enjoy

Answer 6

If you want to make chocolate frosting, use the recipe on back of the Hershey cocoa container. This is absolutely the best. Never fails.

Answer 7

Take come crisco and confectioners sugar and mix with a beater and add a little bit of milk. If it tastes like crisco, add more sugar.