Frosting Recipes

This apricot yogurt frosting recipe is meant for a nice, moist yogurt cake.  We love yogurt frosting because it lightens up the butter and adds a bit of glossiness to the frosting.  It’s fun to experiment with different flavors of yogurt depending on what you have available.  We tend to go with plain yogurt, particularly if you’re adding high quality fruit preserves to the mix.  But you can always experiment with either the preserves or yogurt flavors to best compliment your cake.

Apricot Yogurt Frosting Recipe (Yogurt Pound Cake Recipe after the Jump)

Flora’s Recipe Hideout: Yogurt Pound Cake With Apricot Yogurt Frosting.

While we often see carrot cakes with cream cheese frosting, sour cream is a tangier option.  (Plain yogurt may serve as an alternative). Slightly thinner than cream cheese frosting, it is best suited to cupcakes.  Sour cream and cream cheese are comparable in fat content, so no cutting calories there.  However, this sour cream frosting is the perfect foil to the carrot and pineapple-packed cake.  Sounds and looks delicious!

Sour Cream Frosting

4 Tbsp butter, softened
1/2 cup HP Hood Sour Cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp salt
2-3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar

In a medium bowl, mix together all ingredients, except powered sugar, until well combined. With an electric mixer on slow, add confectioners’ sugar, beating until smooth. Decorate as desired.

(Note: We think you’d be ok with any brand of sour cream you have available).

Cupcake recipe, pics and more after the jump:

Spring Recipe! Carrot Cupcakes with Sour Cream Frosting — Food and Recipe Blog.

When cream cheese or buttercream frosting seem too heavy, or, you’re looking for a frosting recipe with a slight tangy flavor, yogurt frosting may be the way to go.

Yogurt frosting is an excellent compliment to fruit-flavored cupcakes such as berry or citrus.  It can also be a substitute for anywhere you’d use cream cheese frosting, such as on a carrot cake.  It works best with sweet flavors like a dark chocolate or honey, giving balance to each bite.

Be sure to use a thicker yogurt to keep frosting spreadable.   We recommend this for cupcakes over full-size cakes due to the thinner consistency.  Try to keep the frosting cool so it doesn’t drip down the sides.

Cupcake Project provides this recipe:

Greek Yogurt Frosting Recipe

Here is the recipe for the Greek yogurt frosting from Souvlaki for the Soul, reprinted with my notes.

1 C Greek yogurt (I used Stonyfield Farms)
A good splash of vanilla extract (I used 1 t)
1/2 C powered sugar, sifted

1. Whisk all ingredients until they become a bit thick.
2. Place in the fridge to thicken even more (at least 30 minutes).
3. Spread on cupcakes.

Greek Yogurt Frosting – A Healthy Frosting ~ Cupcake Project.