Standard butter cream frosting
2 cups
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
¼ | cup | Butter |
2 | cups | Confectioner's sugar; sifted |
3 | tablespoons | Sweet or sour cream |
1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
Vegetable food coloring | ||
. as desired |
Directions
Cream the butter and gradually work in ½ cup of the sugar, beating well, then add the remaining sugar alternately with the cream, still beating constantly. Finally add the vanilla and a very little coloring, if desired.
Fruit juices may be used in place of the cream, in which instance omit the vanilla. If orange juice is used add a slight grating of orange rind, or lemon rind with lemon juice.
** The WISE Encyclopedia of Cookery ** This household encyclopedia is copyrighted in 1948.
Posted by The WEE Scot -- paul macGregor Submitted By PAUL MACGREGOR On 10-03-95
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