Frosting Recipes

One thing you may notice as you browse recipes on Frosting-Recipes.com is how similar some of them can be to eachother.  But a few drops of lemon extract here, or a teaspoon of cinnamon there can transform not just your frosting recipe, but an entire dessert.  This means that frostings are a great place to experiment with flavor combinations.  Sure, we know that peanut butter cake would be good with chocolate frosting, but what about marshmallow or caramel frosting?

We loved this flavor combination at Dulcedo for Rhubarb Cornmeal Cupcakes with Cardamom Frosting.  It shows how playing with a small amount of a zest, spice or flavor, in this case cardamom, transforms a recipe into an unusually delicious surprise.

Cardamom Frosting (cupcake and compote recipes after the jump)

Adapted from a recipe by Cheryl at The Cupcake Bakeshop
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
3-4 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 teaspoons vanilla
1/8 cup light vanilla soy milk
1/8 teaspoon cardamom

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter at medium-high speed until creamy. Add half of the sifted sugar, the vanilla, the milk, and the cardamom. Beat until combined. Gradually add the remaining sugar until the frosting reaches your desired consistency.

Dulcedo: rhubarb cornmeal cupcakes with cardamom frosting.