Whipped Cream Frosting

*Pixie*'s Note:

a light creamy frosting with several variations, all you need is the cake...

• Total Time: 7 mins
• Prep Time: 7 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 frostin ...

• 1 pint heavy cream , well chilled
• 1 cup sifted icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Variations

Chocolate

• ½ cup cocoa , sifted in with in the icing sugar

Coffee

• 1 tablespoon instant coffee , dissolved in the cream

Lemon

• ½ teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 finely grated lemon, rind of , in place of the vanilla

Orange

• ½ teaspoon orange extract
• 1 finely grated orange, rind of , in place of the vanilla

Nut

• 1 teaspoon almond extract , in place of the vanilla
• ¾ cup minced nuts , of your choice,folded in

Tipsy

• 1 -2 tablespoon brandy or 1 -2 tablespoon rum or 1 -2 tablespoon Bourbon , in place of the vanilla (For extra tipsy, pierce the cake layers and dribble with more of the same type of liquor and let sta)

Directions:

1. Using both a chilled bowl and chilled beaters, beat the cream until frothy.
2. Add the icing sugar and vanilla gradually while beating.
3. Whip until light and a thick enough consistency to spread as an icing.
4. Use immediately.

Reviews

[Laura in Texas]

Great consistency to this frosting. Very light and fluffy. Not very sweet. I've never made a whipped cream frosting so I was concerned it might separate on top of the cake after a day or two.But it didn't (keep it in fridge) and I will happily make this again. Thanks for posting.

[Food Snob in Israel]

This was just alright for me. I made the vanilla plain frosting, and it was fine. I suppose I'm into a richer frosting. This reminded me a bit of Cool Whip. If you want a quick, easy basic whipped cream frosting, though, this is quite fine. I DID have LOTS of left over, so I am freezing it. We'll see how that freezes up. Maybe it will be like "ice cream" or maybe it could be thawed and used on another cake. I did garnish with coconut and assume that will taste lovely. If that really works, I might suggest adding it directly to the frosting before frosting the cake, and perhaps using coconut extract if one should be so inclined. Don't get me wrong, for a whipped cream frosting, it's great. I'm just not a whipped frosting kind of gal. Edited to add: I'm giving this 5 stars, this held up WONDERFULLY sitting out in the heat...and tasted like a cloud, espically with the coconut topping. The frozen cream was like a sweet light ice cream, too. Yum. I'm still not a whipped cream kinda gal, but if I were, this would be the recipe I'd use!

[al-myster]

delicious. Made the plain vanilla version and added 1/2 cup sour cream and 1/2 cup more powdered sugar. It made it thicker and slightly tangier.