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- From: Carol AE Nickerson <caroln@gandalf.Berkeley.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Buttercream Cake Frosting
- Date: 1 Apr 1994 01:18:19 -0500
- Organization: Statistics Dept., U. C. Berkeley
- Message-ID: <2ngebb$pm4@s.ms.uky.edu>
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- I have been using this easy recipe from the side of the box
- of powdered sugar for frosting:
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- Buttercream Frosting:
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- In a mixing bowl, combine 1 lb. box of powdered sugar, 1/4 teaspoon
- salt, 1/4 cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/3 cup soft butter or
- margarine. Beat with electric mixer or heavy spoon until smooth
- and creamy, scraping bowl often. If too thick to spread easily,
- beat in a few drops of milk. Frosts tops and sides of two 8- or
- 9-inch cake layers.
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- Does anyone have any ideas for varying the flavor of this frosting?
- One of my cookbooks suggested omitting the vanilla and substituting
- orange or lemon juice for the milk and adding 2 teaspoons of
- grated orange peel or 1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel. I tried both
- orange and lemon and what happens is that the water from the orange
- or lemon juice leaks out of the frosting and puddles on the cake
- plate, making the cake soggy at the bottom.
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