Thursday, August 26, 2010
Fantastic Frosting
Notice that things look a little different around here? Well, I finally got around to redesigning my blog and I’d love to hear what you think of it. So poke around bit and check out some of the new features, such as the image based archives, which showcases all my previous posts.
Now that the redesign is out of the way, I can finally get back to blogging. I have a lot of posting to catch up on so let’s start! First up is this fantastic frosting. Made with flour, this frosting is light, smooth, and is reminiscent of the “whipped” frosting on cakes at grocery stores. I especially love how this frosting is not overly sweet, as some buttercreams can be!
My husband’s birthday was earlier this month and I told him I would make him any special cake he wanted for his birthday. He requested Funfetti. You know, the kind from a box? Don’t get me wrong, I love Funfetti, but since I said I would make any kind of cake he wanted I figured he’d go for something a little more homemade. Oh well—at least the frosting was homemade! My husband is not a fan of overly sweet frostings, so when I found this recipe on Piece of Cake I knew I had to make it for him!
And reason #11,453 why I love my husband [excerpt from an IM while I was at work]:
Ryan: How’s your day going?
Me: Good. In another telecon.
Ryan: I’ve never done a telecon I don’t think. It would be funny if you had a fart machine and you pressed it at awkward times cuz then no one would know who has “issues.”
Note to self: don’t attend telecons with Ryan.
Fantastic Flour Frosting
From Piece of Cake
Makes enough to frost 1 cake or 18 cupcakesIngredients:
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extractDirections:
Mix the flour and milk together in a medium sauce pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture bubbles and thickens significantly. Remove pan from heat and set aside to cool.
In a medium bowl, beat together the butter, sugar, and vanilla for 2 minutes. Next, mix in the cooled flour mixture and beat until the frosting becoming very fluffy and lighter in color--it should have the consistency of whipped cream.
Refrigerate frosting if not using immediately. Just bring to room temperature and whip again before using.
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vicki — August 26, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
new blog site looks great! As does that cake, which I had the pleasure of having a slice….ready for another slice!!
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Linda — August 27, 2010 @ 2:03 am
It’s probably “mix the flour and milk”, right?
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thecaramelcookie Reply:
September 1st, 2010 at 9:29 am
Opps! Fixed it!
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Doggy Dessert Chef — August 27, 2010 @ 9:03 am
The new design is nice, clean and very well done and that cake looks yummy!
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thecaramelcookie Reply:
August 28th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Thank you!
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Sprinkled with Flour — August 27, 2010 @ 10:07 am
Your cake looks so yummy! I’ve tried this frosting before and you’re right, it is the perfect balance of sweetness.
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Craig — August 27, 2010 @ 5:22 pm
I love Ryan’s idea for the telecon attention getter!
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Brittany — August 27, 2010 @ 8:55 pm
Love the colours you’ve utilized here. Cake looks light too
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Ellen from bottomlesskitchen.com — August 28, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
Congrats on the top 9! This looks so amazing. Definitely using this frosting recipe the next time I bake a cake, delish! I am new to your blog (thanks to foodbuzz) and & I love the picture quality of your photos – definitely looking forward to following.
- Ellen from bottomlesskitchen.com
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Anna — August 28, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
Nice re-design. I have to say I like the looks of that frosting too. I have a flour-based chocolate frosting, but I’ve never made one like this.
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thecaramelcookie Reply:
August 29th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Oh I bet the chocolate flour based frosting is delish! I’m going to have to try that!
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Kocinera — August 28, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
I love this icing idea! I’m a big fan of that grocery store style whipped frosting–it’s super yummy. I’d love to give that a try myself!
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Adriana @ Bittersweet Baker — August 29, 2010 @ 1:30 am
I love the redesign! My sister requested a white layer cake when I told her I would make anything she wanted. It had to have blue frosting too. And just now she finished looking over my shoulder and exclaiming, “that’s the cake I want!”
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Camala - CC Recipe — August 30, 2010 @ 9:27 am
Love the fart machine comment, sounds like your husband and my hubs would be the best of friends! Great blog redesign…BTW, I have a made from scratch funfetti recipe on my site, I made them into cupcakes, just in case you want to take on the funfetti in the future:)
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thecaramelcookie Reply:
August 30th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
I’ll definately have to try the funfetti cake!
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The Caramel Cookie » Top 10 of 2010 — January 1, 2011 @ 1:46 pm
[...] And finally, this fanastic Frosting! [...]
Shauna from Piece of Cake — January 10, 2011 @ 12:41 pm
I love it! So festive!
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