I need butter frosting recipes that taste as good as store bought cake

Question

I need butter frosting recipes that taste as good as store bought cake

Answer 1

Creamy Butter Frosting

1/3 cup butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 pound (3 1/2 cups) sifted confectioners sugar

3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Preparation:

Cream butter, salt, and vanilla, beating until light and fluffy. Add sugar gradually, beating after each addition. Add 3 tablespoons milk, beating until smooth. Beat in more milk until desired spreading consistency is reached. Makes about 2 1/3 cups of frosting, enough to frost tops and sides of of an 8-inch 2-layer cake or a 10-inch tube or bundt cake, or about 1 dozen cupcakes.

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Answer 2

Creamy butter frosting recipe

Ingredients:

1/3 cup butter

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 pound (3 1/2 cups) sifted confectioners sugar

3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Preparation:

Cream butter, salt, and vanilla, beating until light and fluffy. Add sugar gradually, beating after each addition. Add 3 tablespoons milk, beating until smooth. Beat in more milk until desired spreading consistency is reached. Makes about 2 1/3 cups of frosting, enough to frost tops and sides of of an 8-inch 2-layer cake or a 10-inch tube or bundt cake, or about 1 dozen cupcakes

Answer 3

I use the creamy butter frosting recipe except I use evap milk rather than reg milk.  

Answer 4

This is fabulous....from the 1950's or earlier when women cooked everything from scratch.

Mom’s Whipped Cream Icing

Flour Mixture:

4 Tbsp. Flour

1 cup milk

Blend flour and milk well and cook over low heat until thick.  Set aside to cool while mixing other ingredients.

Cooking Directions:

1 stick margarine

½ cup Crisco

1 cup sugar

1 tsp. Vanilla

Cream margarine and Crisco together with mixer for 4 minutes.  

Add sugar and beat 4 minutes.  

Add flour mixture and beat 4 minutes.

Add vanilla and beat 2 minutes.

Variation – You may replace Crisco with peanut butter.

This is especially good on a chocolate cake.

We love it this way with sliced bananas between the layers!  Really.