My Icing Recipe. Help??

Question

I have an icing recipe that calls for butter. Can I use margarine? Will it come out the same? Thanx!

Answer 1

The texture-consistency should be the same. However the flavor will not. Butter delivers a much better flavor than margarine.

Answer 2

You can probably use margarine if it isn't the soft, spreadable kind.  But margarine is usually hydrogenated oil, which is actually much worse for you than butter. You might want to check the label on your brand to make sure you are not adding this stuff to your icing.  If you can go out and buy butter, it will probably taste a little better.

Happy baking!

Answer 3

yes, most people call margarine butter

Answer 4

Frosting Recipes

Note:  These recipes are for a dairy-free diet.  If you use cow's milk, use that instead of water or

rice milk, and use any type of butter or margarine (salted or unsalted).  In the "Penuche Frosting"

recipe, omit the salt.

Frosting

1/3 cup acceptable margarine (or white vegetable shortening)

4 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup rice/soy milk or water + 1/2 teaspoon

or 1 tablespoon powdered rice/soy milk and 1/4 cup water + 1/2 teaspoon more water

1 teaspoon vanilla (You might want 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla if you are using water.)

Food coloring (optional)

Rice/soy milk or water

In a mixing bowl, beat margarine (or shortening) until fluffy.  Add powdered rice milk (if using)

and then slowly add 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, beating well. On low speed, add water and vanilla.  

Slowly beat in the rest of the powdered sugar. Add food coloring (if you want).  Beat until fluffy.  

Beat in extra milk (or water) to spread on a cake.  Frosts two 8 or 9 inch cake layers or the top of

one 9x13 inch cake.

Frosting

2 tablespoons softened margarine (or white vegetable shortening)

2 cups + 2 tablespoons powdered sugar

2 tablespoons water/juice/rice/soy/cow's milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or a drop or two of mint or orange, etc. extract

Mix everything together with a spoon.  (Add a little more milk/water if needed.)

Frosting Version #2

2 cups powdered sugar

2 tablespoons water/juice/rice/soy/cow's milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract or a drop or two of mint or orange, etc. extract

Mint Frosting

Follow the above recipe except add 1/8 teaspoon mint extract and add 1 teaspoon milk or water

instead of the vanilla.  You can add a drop or two of food coloring.

Orange Frosting

Variation #1

Follow the above recipe except replace orange juice instead of the 1 teaspoon of water or rice milk

instead of the vanilla.

Variation #2

Follow the above recipe except add 1/8 teaspoon orange extract and 1 teaspoon milk or water instead

of the vanilla.   You can add a drop or two of orange food coloring.

Peppermint Frosting

Follow the above recipe except add some chopped peppermint sticks to the frosing.

Penuche Frosting

1/2 cup acceptable margarine

Just under 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup rice/soy milk or water

or 1 tablespoon powdered rice/soy milk and 1/4 cup water

3 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt the margarine and salt in a medium sized saucepan.  Add brown sugar and stir. Cook and

stir until bubbly.  Remove from the heat, add water/milk, powdered milk (if using) and stir until

smooth.  Add powdered sugar and mix with a spoon until you can spread it on a cake. Frost right

away the tops of two 8 or 9 inch cake layers or the top of one 9x13 inch cake.

Thin Frosting (Icing)

1 cup powdered sugar

2 tablespoons rice/soy milk or orange juice

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (Omit if using orange juice.)

Two or three drops of food coloring (Optional. Use a particular color for different times of the year.)

Mix all the ingredients and spread with a spoon over cinnamon rolls or other bread items.

Answer 5

Yes you can.

Here is another baking recipe if you would like to use:

1 tablespoon icing sugar

3 teaspoons water

1 1/2 teaspoons food couloring.

Answer 6

No.....use only real unsalted butter for icing. If you don't have butter you can use shortening (Crisco) as a subsitute, but margerine will make the consistancy weird and make it taste funny.  

Answer 7

It won't taste the same but it will work.  Be sure to refrigerate this cake when you are done.  Margarine melts fast in normal household temps.

Enjoy!

Did you know that most bakeries use lard?

Most t.v. commercials use shaving cream on their cakes.

Making your own is definitely better!

Save me a piece of cake;-)