What is a recipe for frosting, chocolate or vanilla, that does not use powdered sugar??

Question

I'm making a cake and I need frosting but I have no powdered sugar!

and no heavy cream??
I have limited supplies..

Answer 1

Instructions:
go to nearest grocery store and walk into the baking aisle and get Betty Crocker's chocolate frosting. If you don't want to do that you can try:

Chocolate Fudge Icing recipe
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk
6 tablespoons margarine
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix sugar, cocoa, milk, margarine and corn syrup. Slowly bring to a full boil. Let boil for 1 minute. Add vanilla extract. Cool and beat with mixer until mixture is of spreading consistency. Spread quickly. Sufficient to ice a 2-layer (9-inch) cake or 1 (13 x 9-inch) sheet cake.

Answer 2

1/2c sugar
1/4c light corn syrup
2T water
2 egg whites
1t vanilla extract

Mix sugar, corn syrup, and water in 1qt saucepan. Cover and heat to rolling boil over medium heat. Uncover, cook without stirring to 242 degrees (4-8 minutes) on a candy thermometer, or until a small amount dropped into very cold water flattens when removed from water. While mixture boils, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Pour hot syrup very slowly in a thin stream into egg whites, beating constantly on medium speed. Add the vanilla. Beat on high speed for about 10 minutes, until stiff peaks form.

Alternatively, you can run regular granulated sugar through a coffee bean grinder or put it in a food processor to make it powdered. That might be easier!

Answer 3

Boiled Frosting

2 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. water
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. light corn syrup
2 egg whites

Cook sugar, syrup and water until it spins thread about 3 inches longer or 220 degrees. Beat whites stiff; pour on hot syrup slowly, beating continually. A wire whisk is satisfactory for this purpose. Add flavor and continue beating until mixture is almost cold and will hold its shape. This frosting may be kept in covered jar for week or longer. Soften by adding few drops boiling water.

Answer 4

For 1 cup powdered sugar substitute 1 cup granulated sugar + 1 teaspoon cornstarch ground in a blender (not a food processor it wont blend properly)
**Don't use powdered sugar in place of brown or white granulated sugar.

Heavy Cream Sub.
3/4 cup milk
1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted and cooled

Use in place of one cup heavy cream.

Answer 5

you can make chocolate frosting by melting equal parts butter and chocolate. melt a stick of butter, then pour it over a little less than half a bag of chocolate chips, stir until smooth and then cool until its the consistency you like. i leave it liquidy and dunk the cupcakes in, then let them dry. they're smooth, shiny and decadent. you can do the same w/white chocolate for "vanilla"

Answer 6

use just honey

or maple syrup

or put regular sugar in a blender for a few minutes

or make ginger bread, then some lemon sauce, with raisins, and nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon

Answer 7

i agree with the first answer......................