That's the Best Frosting I've Ever Had

Recipe Rating:	2 Ratings5
Categories:	Cakes, Other Desserts, Quick & Easy

Ingredients

5 Tbsp	flour
1 c	milk
1 tsp	vanilla
1 c	butter (yes, 2 sticks)
1 c	granulated sugar (not powdered sugar)

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Renee' Warnock

Full Flavored

Houston, TX (pop. 2.1M)

BakingScents4u

Member Since Oct 2010

Renee''s Notes:

This recipe is from Ree Drummond's site www.thepioneerwoman.com; contributed by Missy Dew. The title alone got me interested and then I read the ingredients. I had everything on hand and tried it yesterday. It's really not like any other frosting I've ever had. Even my teenage son asked "what is this?"...and not in a bad way! Try it and you will be in love with this recipe. I put it on chocolate cupcakes. Divine.

Directions

In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk, stirring constantly, until it thickens. You want it to be very thick, thicker than cake mix, more like a brownie mix is. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature. It must be completely cool before you use it in the next step. Stir in vanilla.

While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. You don't want any sugar graininess left. Then add the completely cooled milk/flour/vanilla mixture and beat the living daylights out of it. If it looks separated you haven't beaten it enough! Beat it until it all combines and resembles whipped cream.

Now it's ready to spread on a cooled cake. Enjoy!

(My own suggestions: Let the sticks of butter soften somewhat before you start creaming with the sugar and use a deep bowl. I had butter chips flying everywhere. And use a non-stick saucepan. The flour/milk mixture came right out.)

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Wendy Rusch snooksk9

Dec 22, 2010

I love this frosting!!! I make it alot and I also make to fill cupcakes with too...

Renee' Warnock BakingScents4u

Dec 22, 2010

It's so good. I had some leftover and put it in the fridge. Will I be able to let it soften to room temp and use it?

Wendy Rusch snooksk9

Dec 22, 2010

yes...but not to warm...or it will start to separate. I read somewhere if that happens you can mix it again with the mixer until it comes together again...but I've never done this, so I have no idea if it works or not...I would assume it does, or I wouldn't have bothered telling you...lol but just wanted to throw that out there. lol

Bea L. coffeetime

Dec 22, 2010

I have never heard of icing made with flour. I cannot imagine how it would taste. This certainly has sparked my interest enough to try it. How do you think it will be on a chocolate layer cake since this is a vanilla icing? Wendy, would this icing remind me of the filling inside of a twinkie?

Wendy Rusch snooksk9

Dec 22, 2010

Bea...It would be wonderful on a choc cake!!! and no, not quite like a twinkie...it is smooth and creamy and just yummy...when you make it, if you opt to...when you are beating the flour mixture into the sugar mixture...it will look horrible, like it's not coming together...but it does eventually...don't give up and when it does its beautifully yummy! and when you let it cool...you can put in frig...I poor it onto a dinner plate and spread it out so it cools faster too...if you have lumps, which you shouldn't if you whisk it like you're suppose to, you can pour and push through a sieve. I've never had lumps, but my original recipe says that.
It's like a whipped cream and buttercream mixed together.......
Originally Red Velvet Cake came with this frosting recipe. :)

Bea L. coffeetime

Dec 23, 2010

Thank you so much, Wendy. I'm assuming that you use an electric mixer? This is so interesting to me. LOL

Renee' Warnock BakingScents4u

Dec 23, 2010

I used a regular electric mixer. In fact I beat it so long that I had to turn it off to let the motor cool. It eventually comes together though. And you can get lumps in the flour/milk mix if you turn your back and stop whisking for even a second. It heats up pretty fast though so you won't be stuck at the stove forever. I put it on chocolate cupcakes. Yummmmmmmeeeeeee!

Bea L. coffeetime