Can anyone give me a good icing/frosting for cake recipe that uses powdered sugar?

Question

I would prefer if the recipe didn't have shortening in it either...thanks much for your answers!

Answer 1

No shortening?

Is butter ok?

If so, just soften or melt (then cool) a stick of butter and add it to the confectioner's sugar. Add small amounts of milk until it's the consistency you like. If you want chocolate icing, add a square or two of melted Baker's chocolate. For lemon frosting, add a tsp. or two of lemon...etc.

Easy as...pie?

Answer 2

This recipe is easy to make and it tastes delicious. Whenever I make it, people always ask for the recipe.

Buttercream Frosting

3 Cups
30 min 30 min prep
1 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons milk

Cream butter with electric mixer.
Add vanilla.
Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all of the sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry.
Add milk and beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
To frost the cake, thin with 1 tablespoon milk if desired.
Keep icing covered until you're ready to decorate. For best results, keep icing bowl in an air tight bowl in refrigerator when not in use.
Can refrigerate in air tight container 1 week. Re-whip before using.

Answer 3

Butter frosting. I don't know the exact proportions because I just make it and here is how I do it. Take about a 1/3 stick of butter, melt. Start adding powdered sugar and make a frosting. As you go along I add evaporated milk to start to stretch and thin out. Add cocoa powder for chocolate or vanilla for vanilla. Just keep mixing and adding sugar and milk until you get enough to frost your cake.

Answer 4

Combine 1/2 cup shortening and 1 tsp vanilla. Gradually beat in 2 cups of powdered sugar intil well blended. Add water by the tsp. till desired consitency.

for chocolate: add 1/4 cup cocoa and additional 1/4 powdered sugar.

For lemon, orange, or any other flavor, simply add a 1/2 tsp of desired extract.

* shortening can be replaced with butter or cream cheese, but must be refrigerated.

YUM!

Answer 5

Cream cheese frosting - 8 oz cream cheese brick, 1 tsp vanilla, 3 tsp butter

Cream all together. Add approx 3/4 - 1 cup powdered sugar, depending upon how sweet you want it to be.

Answer 6

The best one that I use has:

1 pound box of powdered suger
1/2 cup of butter or margerine
2-3 drops of vanilla
1 table spoon of milk

Mix all together and add milk alittle at a time till managable. It tastes awsome and is really easy, fast too to make. Good Luck and take care. Amy

Answer 7

It depends how big your cake is. For ever cup of sugar, I use about 1 tablespoon of margarine. (maybe a little more) Add milk or cream to desired consistency. Add vanilla, or any flavoring you wish. I like black walnut or maple flavoring on some of my cakes. Gives the cake a different flavor. You can also use food colorings. You can mix by hand or with a mixer.

Answer 8

yeah don't ever put shortening in frosting. eeewww. tried that. just add a little vanilla and milk to powdered sugar until it tastes good.

Answer 9

l lb powdered sugar
1/2 c. (1 stick) butter, softened
1/4 c. milk
1 tsp vanilla
beat

or

8 oz brick cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. (1/2 stick) butter
1 lb powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
beat

Answer 10

i have used this recipe and it works wonderful. it is only 7 mins. long so if you dont have very much time you can still make great frosting!