16, 2024
Want fluffy frosting for a homemade cake?
Try Grandma’s timeless techniques that’ve been passed down generations.
Soften your butter
A deliciousbuttercream frostingalways usesyou guessed itbutter as its base.
But you certainly cant pop a stick of butter straight out of the fridge and into your bowl.
check that youre following the same practice.
Use shortening
Ever wonder how grandmas frosting is fluffy, yet holds up to room temperature?
The secret is shortening.
Shortening can withstand higher heat, so it wont spread or lose its shape.
Add heavy cream
When grandma makes frosting for a cake, its ridiculously delicious.
One of her secrets?
Dont have heavy cream on hand?
Try out aheavy cream substitute.
Sift your sugar
This is a step grandma never skips.
Find the perfect ratio
Ever notice that grandma doesnt exactly follow recipes to a T?
A pinch here, a pinch there…somehow she just knows!
Making the perfect frosting is all about finding the ideal ratio.
Use a recipe as your base, but be ready to tweak your ingredients to find the perfect match.
If your frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream or milk.
If its too thin, add a bit more confectioners sugar to create the ideal consistency.
Beat frosting until fluffy
Dont forget to add a bit of air!
Once your butter and sugar are combined, youll have a decent frosting formed.
But dont stop there.
While you could certainly use a stand mixer, theres really no need.
Grandma always mixes her frosting with ahand mixerto keep things simple.
And as a bonus?
Youll have much more control over the movement of the beaters and bowl.
And luckily, grandma has taught us theres no need to be finicky with the recipe.
Keep things simple by mixing up your frosting, and then add cocoa powder to the mix.
Incorporate the cocoa powder until youve reached the desired flavor.
Of course, dont forget to allow both your butter and your cream cheese to soften ahead of time.
you might makecream cheese frostingin less than 10 minutes.
Its all about tradition and keeping it simple.
Use a spatula tofrost your cakejust like she would.
Using a spatula will give you that textured, wispy look grandma always pulled off so effortlessly!
Luckily, homemade frosting can be stored for use on your next cake.
Learn to do with leftover frosting.
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