Sunday, December 24, 2017
Friday, December 1, 2017
Family Recipe Friday: Happy 8th Blogiversary to ME!
December 1, 2017, marks eight years of family history blogging for me. The picture above is a close-up of the birthday cake from a picture I posted a few months back of my brother's 8th birthday. The cake is homemade.
Growing up, my mother never got store-bought cakes for family birthdays. She always made our cakes, albeit from a cake mix (usually Betty Crocker). NEVER frosting from a can or a mix, though! Here is the recipe she used, as best as I can remember (and adapted from Betty Crocker):
Birthday Cake Buttercream Frosting
- 4 cups of powdered sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) of softened margarine (or butter, salted or unsalted. We always had margarine growing up)
- 2-3 teaspoons of vanilla or other flavoring
- 1-2 tablespoons of milk
In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in 2 teaspoons of the vanilla or other flavoring, and 1 tablespoon of the milk.
Gradually beat in just enough remaining milk to make frosting smooth and spreadable. If frosting is too thick, beat in more milk, a few drops at a time. If frosting becomes too thin, beat in a small amount of powdered sugar. You can also add more vanilla or other flavoring to taste.
Frosts 13x9-inch cake generously, or fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake.
You can also add food coloring (with the milk), or for chocolate frosting, 3 oounces of unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled (with the vanilla).
© Amanda Pape - 2017 - click here to e-mail me.