Frosting for Birthday Cake

[Triniity]

Hi Mamas,
I'll attemp my first self-decorated birthday cake in a couple of days. I am not american, but I want one of these american cakes

I can get trillions of recipes for frosting off the internet, but I am not sure what "kind" of frosting I need - and what the differences are. I want a really "unhealthy" cake with loads of sugar - for the one day in a year. It is supposed to be decorated with Hello Kitty (yes I know ... )

Can you suggest something for me?

Thank you!

[Carley]

Strained yogurt is so delicious. It's like the best cream cheese ever :

You can flavor it with all sorts of natural flavors. I've used applebutter, strawberry rhubarb jam, lemon extract... pretty much anything. There's always the addition of beet juice for the ever popular pink hue.


OMG! I didn't even see you were looking for a gnarly one! I think the most delicious is buttercream frosting, but what you'll probably need for decorating is a cake icing with shortening.

I don't have any recipes for you, but mmmmm!!!!!!! I want some cake!!!!

[columbusmomma]

I love a rich,creamy,decadent,sweet buttercream frosting:
It's easy to make!
Combine powdered sugar(confectioners sugar)real butter, a bit of vanilla, and milk. I'm not sure how much you need to make but you can keep adding the sugar and milk to make more. I usually start off with about a 1/4 c. of butter, cream that well and then start adding the sugar, followed by the milk, a tsp.vanilla, until it is the perfect consistency for frosting a cake. You can also add some color. IMO this is the "classic", American frosting!

[lil_earthmomma]

Originally Posted by columbusmomma

I love a rich,creamy,decadent,sweet buttercream frosting:
It's easy to make!
Combine powdered sugar(confectioners sugar)real butter, a bit of vanilla, and milk. I'm not sure how much you need to make but you can keep adding the sugar and milk to make more. I usually start off with about a 1/4 c. of butter, cream that well and then start adding the sugar, followed by the milk, a tsp.vanilla, until it is the perfect consistency for frosting a cake. You can also add some color. IMO this is the "classic", American frosting!

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And I use cream instead of milk!

And still a heluva lot healthier than a store bought cake! *shudder* The ingredient list for the icing alone is enough to make you puke!

[avendesora]

The confectioners sugar box should have a recipe on the side. We made one just earlier this week that was 2 c confectioners sugar, 4 oz cream cheese, 1 tsp vanilla. Yum!

[Princess ConsuelaB]

For a simple "slather on some frosting" cake I use 1 stick of butter, creamed + 2 cups of powdered sugar(also called confectioner's sugar or 10X sugar?) a spoonful of vanilla and a splash of milk, plus whatever color of food coloring I want.

For really "decorating" a cake I use the following recipe:
1/3 cup of shortening
1/3 cup of butter
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
cream together, then beat in 4 cups of powdered sugar -one cup at a time.
It should be stiff and dry here, now start adding milk or half&half 1 tablespoon at a time until icing is spreading consistency.(it should take +/- 4-5 spoons)
Add food coloring as desired.

This tastes more like a bakery cake, but better

Adding, these are also buttercream frostings as that is definitely what you are looking for.

[Triniity]

Thank you so much, this is exactly what I am looking for!

Carley, yours sound cool, too, I will try that on another occasion, though!

I´ll try the buttercream stuff, thanks! I am here in germany, we don´t have shortening, I´ll take butter instead, I hope that works out.

Is the frosting supposed to get dry after put on the cake? Meaning, if I touch it with the finger, will there be frosting on the finger or not?
I saw an internet presentation on how to decorate a cake and a woman uses frosting and it gets all dry ... I am wondering if that is the way it is supposed to be!

Thanks a lot girls, I´ll post pictures! (If the cake will be presentable... )

[Princess ConsuelaB]

All butter works fine, it's just a little softer at room temp. I meant to mention that, sorry.

Buttercream dries and gets a very light crust, it will still be soft and creamy underneath.

Good luck

[Triniity]

How much is "one-stick-butter"? (martha steward recipe)

[DashsMama]

1 stick of butter is approx 113 grams or 1/2 cup or 1/4 pound.

Yum, buttercream!!!

For your next non Hello Kitty cake, you can just add some melted semisweet chocolate (about 1/3 cup) to the vanilla buttercream recipe and get chocolate buttercream!

[binxsmom]

you can also substitute coconut oil for shortening. yummy and healthy.

[Triniity]

Thank you again for your help, here is the result:

http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/...n/photostream/