Frosting Recipes

The Sacramento Bee (8/12/09)  shares this fabulous adaptation of a Martha Stewart buttercream frosting recipe.  Marmalade folded into the frosting at the last minute helps give it the taste of an Creamsicle.  This would go beautifully on vanilla or yellow cake or cupcakes, as the frosting is really the star here.  (Be sure to check out our other orange buttercream frosting recipe.

Orange Creamsicle Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Prep time: 30 minutes

Makes enough to frost one 2-layer, 8-inch cake or 24 cupcakes

The addition of marmalade and orange blossom water at the end makes for a creamy, citrusy frosting. Pair with vanilla cake to create a Creamsicle-inspired confection that will invoke nostalgia at every bite.

INGREDIENTS

1 ½ cups Smucker’s Sweet Orange Marmalade

4 large egg whites

1 ¼ cup granulated sugar

1 ½ cup (3 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 teaspoon orange blossom water

INSTRUCTIONS

In a food processor or blender, purée the orange marmalade until smooth, about 1 minute, and set aside.

Combine egg whites and sugar in the heat-proof bowl of an electric mixer and set in a saucepan of boiling water. Cook the mixture, whisking constantly, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture reaches 160 degrees.

Attach the bowl to the mixer and fit the mixer with the whisk attachment. Whisk the egg-white mixture on high speed until stiff but not dry; peaks form. Keep beating until the mixture is fluffy and cool, about 6 to 7 minutes.

Remove the whisk attachment and replace with the paddle attachment. Start beating on medium-low speed and add the butter, several tablespoons at a time. Continue beating for about two minutes. If the frosting separates, beat on high speed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla and orange blossom water.

Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the puréed marmalade until incorporated smoothly throughout the frosting.

Can be stored in an airtight container, refrigerated, for up to three days or frozen for up to one month (thaw frozen frosting in refrigerator for one day before using). If the frosting has been refrigerated, let come to room temperature and beat for about two minutes.

Per slice based on 12 slices of cake, frosting only: 389 cal.; 2 g pro.; 48 g carb.; 23 g fat (15 sat., 7 monounsat., 1 polyunsat.); 62 mg chol.; 44 mg sod.; 0 g fiber; 46 g sugar; 51 percent calories from fat.

This is a buttercream frosting that is a favorite of my mother’s. She always uses this on her cakes, and they are always delicious. It turns out great every single time, but you have to be a little careful when you are adding the milk to get the consistency that you want. Anyone can make this!

Easy Buttercream Frosting Recipe

¼ cup butter, softened
½ teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup milk

Cream butter, salt, vanilla, and 1 cup powdered sugar in mixer bowl until light and fluffy. Add remaining powdered sugar alternately with milk, mixing well after each addition. Beat until smooth and creamy. Adjust powdered sugar and milk if necessary for desired consistency.

Do you like to decorate cakes for special events? The recipe below is a simple recipe for decorator’s frosting that anyone can do! This is yet another favorite of my mother’s. She used this frosting for our birthday cakes, graduation cakes, and every other special event that we had. Both the frosting recipes that you see here would go great on any flavor cake, but with the Decorator’s Frosting, you have to be careful to match the type of flavoring that you add with the flavor of the cake that you are making.

Decorator’s Frosting

1 cup shortening
2 pounds powdered sugar
½ cup water
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
2 teaspoons flavoring

Cream shortening in mixer bowl until light. Add powdered sugar, water, corn syrup, and desired flavoring; beat until fluffy.

I hope these recipes have been helpful and that they make your cake a hit!

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