The Best Frosting {a.k.a. Magical Frosting}

The recipe The Best Frosting {a.k.a. Magical Frosting} can be made in roughly 45 minutes. This recipe serves 4. For $1.13 per serving, this recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 1005 calories, 4g of protein, and 71g of fat. This recipe is liked by 33 foodies and cooks. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up granulated sugar, salt, flour, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a frosting. It is brought to you by Mels Kitchen Café. With a spoonacular score of 18%, this dish is not so tremendous. Magical Cream Cheese Frosting, Quick Boiled Frosting – you don’t always have to reach for a can of frosting, you can make your own at home with our, and Vanilla Buttercream Frosting & Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting are very similar to this recipe.

Servings: 4

 

Ingredients:

24 tablespoons (3 sticks) butter, cut into 24 pieces and softened at room temperature

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/2 cups milk (I used 1% with stellar results)

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Equipment:

whisk

bowl

sauce pan

sieve

stove

stand mixer

spatula

Cooking instruction summary:

In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Slowly whisk in the milk until the mixture is smooth. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a medium saucepan and pour the milk mixture through the strainer into the saucepan. Cook the mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture boils and is thick enough that it starts to become difficult to easily whisk. This could take anywhere between 5-10 minutes, depending on your stove, heat, etc. It should bubble quite a bit at the end (be careful of the splatters) and thicken considerably.Transfer the mixture to a clean bowl and cool to room temperature – this is extremely important! If it is even slightly warm, the frosting won’t beat up properly. I refrigerated my initial mixture overnight. If you do this, make sure to pull it out in time to let it warm back up to room temperature. If you try to proceed with the rest of the recipe and the mixture is too cold, the butter won’t absorb into the frosting like it should.Once the frosting is completely cooled to room temperature (it should have no hint of warmth at all!), beat the mixture with the vanilla on low speed until it is well combined, about 30 seconds (a stand mixer will work best for this). Add the butter, one piece at a time, and beat the frosting until all the butter has been incorporated fully, about 2 minutes. Increase the speed to medium-high and let the mixer work it’s magic. Beat the frosting for five minutes, until it is light and fluffy. Let the frosting sit at room temperature until it is a bit more stiff, about 1 hour. I suspect if you chill it for an hour or so, it would be stiff enough to actually pipe with instead of frosting with a rubber spatula.

 

Step by step:


1. In a medium bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Slowly whisk in the milk until the mixture is smooth.

2. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a medium saucepan and pour the milk mixture through the strainer into the saucepan. Cook the mixture over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture boils and is thick enough that it starts to become difficult to easily whisk. This could take anywhere between 5-10 minutes, depending on your stove, heat, etc. It should bubble quite a bit at the end (be careful of the splatters) and thicken considerably.

3. Transfer the mixture to a clean bowl and cool to room temperature – this is extremely important! If it is even slightly warm, the frosting won’t beat up properly. I refrigerated my initial mixture overnight. If you do this, make sure to pull it out in time to let it warm back up to room temperature. If you try to proceed with the rest of the recipe and the mixture is too cold, the butter won’t absorb into the frosting like it should.Once the frosting is completely cooled to room temperature (it should have no hint of warmth at all!), beat the mixture with the vanilla on low speed until it is well combined, about 30 seconds (a stand mixer will work best for this).

4. Add the butter, one piece at a time, and beat the frosting until all the butter has been incorporated fully, about 2 minutes. Increase the speed to medium-high and let the mixer work it’s magic. Beat the frosting for five minutes, until it is light and fluffy.

5. Let the frosting sit at room temperature until it is a bit more stiff, about 1 hour. I suspect if you chill it for an hour or so, it would be stiff enough to actually pipe with instead of frosting with a rubber spatula.


Nutrition Information:

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1005k Calories
4g Protein
71g Total Fat
91g Carbs
1% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
1005k
50%

Fat
71g
110%

  Saturated Fat
44g
280%

Carbohydrates
91g
30%

  Sugar
79g
89%

Cholesterol
189mg
63%

Sodium
786mg
34%

Alcohol
0.69g
4%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
4g
9%

Vitamin A
2247IU
45%

Vitamin D
2µg
16%

Vitamin B2
0.24mg
14%

Vitamin E
2mg
13%

Calcium
125mg
13%

Selenium
7µg
11%

Phosphorus
106mg
11%

Vitamin B12
0.55µg
9%

Vitamin B1
0.11mg
7%

Vitamin K
6µg
6%

Folate
21µg
5%

Vitamin B5
0.47mg
5%

Potassium
153mg
4%

Manganese
0.07mg
3%

Magnesium
12mg
3%

Zinc
0.48mg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.59mg
3%

Iron
0.48mg
3%

Copper
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.04mg
2%

Fiber
0.26g
1%

covered percent of daily need
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