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cooked flour icing

Recipe by
Crystal ~
Somewhere, IL

This is an old-fashioned cooked flour icing recipe, which is nice and fluffy but not too sweet.It is my family's favorite icing, and the only icing that I ever use on red cakes. Always use real unsalted butter and whole milk. Using anything else will alter the taste and texture. I always make the icing before I make the cake so it has plenty of extra time to cool completely. If you like more icing to decorate, double the recipe.

yield serving(s)
prep time 1 Hr 10 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For cooked flour icing

  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 4 tablespoons cake flour
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1 stick of unsalted butter, softened
  • 1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

How To Make cooked flour icing

  • 1
    In a blender, mix the milk and cake flour until blended. (This trick prevents those little flour chunks and blends the milk and flour together nicely). Pour mixture into a small sauce pan. Or, if you don’t want to use a blender you can just whisk the cold milk and flour in a small saucepan until well combined. Either way will work.
  • 2
    Turn the stove to medium heat, and whisk the mixture CONSTANTLY until slightly thick. (It should look like the consistency of pudding). This can take approx. 5-8 minutes.
  • 3
    When mixture has become slightly thick, set aside to cool completely at room temperature. This takes an approximately an hour. Note: (If you continue on to make the icing before it is COMPLETELY cooled, or ice the cake while it is still warm, the icing will not be fluffy. It will be a thin icing that does not resemble white fluffy icing at all. :(
  • 4
    In a mixing bowl, cream the Crisco and butter until combined.
  • 5
    Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat for about a 2 minutes.
  • 6
    With a fork, skim off the top dried layer of the cooled milk mixture and discard.
  • 7
    Add the cooled milk mixture to the powdered sugar mixture in the mixing bowl and beat at high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes
  • 8
    Ice the cake!

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