Creamy White Frosting

Submitted by teresas

"A good friend passed this recipe to me back in the early 80's. I was so impressed with the flavor and texture that I had to have the recipe. It taste and looks like whipped cream. "Give it a try and see if I lie." Please follow the directions...and it is regular granulated sugar...not powdered...=) Note: You need to cook the milk/flour mixture for at least 30+ minutes to get to the right consistency...once it cools it's like a paste... I made 1/2 recipe and it covered a 9 inch pan cake..."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup margarine (or 1/2 cup margarine & 1/2 cup shortening)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Mix the first three ingredients together in a sauce pan.
2. Cook over Medium heat until thick, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat and cool completely.
4. Cream sugar, shortening (margarine) and vanilla.
5. Add cooled flour/milk mixture by the spoonful beating after each spoonful.
6. Frost Cake.

Reviews

[alligirl]

I was intrigues by this recipe, so I had to try it. GREAT recipe, if you need frosting on the fly, with ingredients you keep on hand. I was surprised, and happy with the flavor, which was a lot like cool whip. I used this to frost recipe#435304 and it was the perfect compliment. It really does work, if you follow the directions, as written! Thanks for sharing, TeresaS.

 

[orleejoelle]

This was delicious and really fun to make - next time I'll make it with my 6 year old daughter. I think "PrimQuilter's" problem was not cooking the milk/flour/salt mixture enough. As you stir, the whole think starts lumping and eventually takes on a playdough-like texture. It's really cool to watch, and then add it by the spoonful to the creamed marg/sugar mix and see it fill out and fluff up, almost like magic. And then, the taste is phenomenal - smooth and sweet, but not too sweet like most frostings. I wish I could give it 100 reviews, just love this recipe!!

 

[nochlo]

Very nice, light, and fluffy frosting. We enjoyed this better than the store brands for sure! Made for PRMR!

 

[CoffeeB]

Great frosting recipe. Whipped cream type frosting that isn't sickenly sweet as some are. I made this a few days ahead of the actual frosting of the cake and kept it refrigerated. Worked perfectly by letting it sit out at room temp for a few hours beforehand.

 

[kate97497]

Greasy, goopy. I wished I had listened to twiggy.