What Kind of Icing on Your Cake

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Tumbleweed365)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:09:18 GMT

Back in the late 40's early 50's, my grandmother baked in a wood fired stove and made the lightest cakes I have ever tasted.
My favorite was a yellow, very moist cake, covered with a tan almost caramel tasting buttery frosting. This, if I remember correctly, involved many egg whites being whipped by hand.
It was a wonder to behold, and all done on a behemoth of a wood stove.
She used no recipes to pass down, and children like me weren't allowed to get near the stove.
Now I would loved to have been able to have learned from her, and have never tasted a frosting like hers.
She lived in the hardscrabble hills of Appalachia.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (tcrouzer)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:07:56 GMT

I'm more of a glaze or drizzle person than heavy frosting or icing. Actually, the term "icing" brings to mind a thin layer of the stuff, more so than "frosting." And I want the real stuff, butter or cream cheese, real cream, real chocolate, real flavorings - no Crisco!

I love mocha buttercream on yellow cake, dark chocolate glaze on a dense chocolate one layer cake, cream cheese icing on carrot cake, or a lemon glaze on pound cake. For me, it's all about the cake - not about the frosting.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Foodbme)

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 03:29:51 GMT

I like plain cake---NO Icing!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (CajunKing)

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 23:03:43 GMT

TW

Mine hasnt either

Real Cream Cheese icing on my mom's home made carrot cake. I wish Birthday's came more than once a year

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Twinwillow)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:50:41 GMT

My favorite cake frosting has not changed since my answer on 3/12/08.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (ynotryme)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:18:47 GMT

buttercream made with confectionary sugar, butter and vanilla.
But mt favorite cake is an Italian Rum Cake from Florentine's Bakery in Utica NY.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (BelleReve)

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:48:36 GMT

These are the cake icing laws, right?

red velvet or carrot cake = cream cheese icing

yellow cake = choc buttercream recipe from the back of Hershey's cocoa. I did make a caramel frosting to go with a scratch yellow cake which was good, and I'd make again (the cake recipe didn't have much taste and was too dry and crumbly

chocolate cake = depends on the recipe, if it's my grandmother's choc sheet cake I make the chocolate icing that goes with it, otherwise, vanilla buttercream from the back of the confectioner's sugar box

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Parrot Cage)

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:03:10 GMT

My homemade Cream Cheese frosting or my homemade Port Wine-Chocolate Ganache.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (ann peeples)

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:06:55 GMT

Thanks, Russ-great looking recipe!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (blohatchii)

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:31:11 GMT

Warm, choclate cake frosted with with fluff.
On occasion an added treat of a few peanutbutter chips sprimkled on top.

Oh, Yeah!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (enginecapt)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:57:31 GMT

Ganache or mocha buttercream.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Russ Jackson)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:01:26 GMT

I am going to give up another of my secret recipes.
I hope you enjoy it. Everytime I put it on a cake, donut, or cupcake I always get requests. Mix it with some whip cream and you can put in a donut or between cookies.....Russ

Great Frosting

4 cups sugar
24 marshmallows
2 sticks butter
1 cup evaporated milk
¼ tsp salt
12 ounces dark chocolate chips

In a large sauce pan combine milk, sugar, marshmallows, butter, and salt. Over medium heat bring to a boil and boil for 3 minutes stirring constantly. Add chocolate chips and stir until melted. It will harden a little so work with it warm on a room temp cake. If it starts to harden so that it is tough to work with place over a bowl of hot water.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (BelleReve)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:46:47 GMT

Angel - what you probably want is creme royale or creme bouquet. These are flavor enhancers that professional bakers use, and can be bought online or from some local cake decorating/party supply shops. I always liked wedding cake icing and that same taste on some birthday cakes, but never knew how to get that rich, almony flavor is best I can describe.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (mland520)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:12:44 GMT

guess I'm really fortunate- on almost all of my cakes, my husband prefers NO icing at all- lucky for me, my homemade chocolate cake doesn't really need icing- it is moist and delicious without any additional covering! I do use mini choclate chips to make a topping on my homemade brownies, however, and that is about the extent of icing in this house!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Twinwillow)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:10:57 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by magcentric

I have nothing against cake, but really, to me it is just a frosting foundation. My appetite
for frosting knows no bounds. Vanilla buttercream frosting, preferably sculpted into
lots and lots of flowers, is my favorite. And for some reason, blue flowers are the best.
Yes, I am nuts.

I used to go nuts for the pink butter cream roses.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (leethebard)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:18:47 GMT

I have to agree. If given a choice,my entire family prefers whipped cream...butter cream is just TOOOOOOO sweet! I wish Costco did have the whipped cream for my wife's cake...but the cream cheese was not a bad replacement!!!!!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (mikez629)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:37:59 GMT

Costco used to have whipped cream icing-it was great I don't know why they stopped. I know get the cream cheese-its good. I can not stomach the butter cream-its too sweet. First choice is whipped cream.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Theedge)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:57:33 GMT

There's more then one kind? My absolute favorite is a German Chocolate cake with the sugary coconut and pecan type frosting. And a good brand of vanilla ice cream on the side is a must. Oh, and a cup of strong coffee....oh my...I've become my parents.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Leania_1stone)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:29:03 GMT

Well I prefer buttercream or cream cheese frosting :) I won't be buying anymore cakes from Walmart for my kiddos birthdays anymore I'm going to make them after last years cake from walmart I'm not sinking anymore cash into that store the icing was nasty and sooooooo messy they put way too much green dye in it so it was staining everyones clothes fingers tongues etc and was way too sweet

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (lostnthemail)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:33:26 GMT

Homemade cake - cream cheese with nuts. (Red Velvet, carrot, or Italian cream)

Birthday cake - We have a bakery in town that does a really nice cream cheese icing. I also like the traditional "too sweet, can't eat it very often" birthday cake icing. It is something my co-workers & I crave now and then. To take from the Jackson/Buffet song - It's somebody's birthday somewhere...

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (magcentric)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:48:57 GMT

I have nothing against cake, but really, to me it is just a frosting foundation. My appetite
for frosting knows no bounds. Vanilla buttercream frosting, preferably sculpted into
lots and lots of flowers, is my favorite. And for some reason, blue flowers are the best.
Yes, I am nuts.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (pamelakrest)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:45:21 GMT

I am not much of an icing fan but to make the family happy I bake a 13X9 cake and icing 2/3 of it :-) and the other 1/3 is for me :-)
My favorite icing is the old kind they used to have in the box where you added your own melted butter.
(sighing)
Pamela

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (WVCitySlicker)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:54:51 GMT

I make my own icing, I prefer the older type of bakery frosting made with crisco and almond flavoring whipped in a Kitchen Aide mixer till nice and fluffy.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (leethebard)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:27:54 GMT

Monday ...my wife's party was yesterday...and the Costco Cake with the Cream Cheese icing was super...a big hit...and for a sheet cake at $15.95...A STEAL......a delicious cake that served 40 people!!!Wow!!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (angeltearsmc)

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:55:27 GMT

I like the bakery whipped icing, although I haven't figured out what it is exactly. haha! I'm not a big fan of regular white icing, it's way too sweet for me. Chocolate, on the other hand...

I've tried many times to make my own buttercreams, cream cheese frostings, etc., but I can't get past the "powdered sugar" taste they all seem to have. But no one else's homemade icings seem to have that flavor. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I've even tried a pinch of salt to cut the sweetness, but to no avail.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (tarragon)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:36:52 GMT

I'll make a cake from a mix (Duncan Hines is my favorite brand, btw), but when it comes to frosting, I'd rather have my own, home-made. And then I do prefer buttercream!

This may be an appropriate place to say this, but I have recently tried the small "patisserie" cakes at Trader Joe's. One is chocolate/chocolate, which was a bit too chocolatey for me (never thought that would be a possibility for me, btw) and the other is vanilla/vanilla. And boy is that vanilla one delicious!! And it was the frosting that made the cake, although the cake itself was very moist. The frosting wasn't thickly applied, but it was very tasty, with a slight lemony tinge. I highly recommend this cake, and it only costs $6.99!!!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (iqdiva)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:08:00 GMT

Divinity icing on chocolate cake layers...

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (Twinwillow)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:07:58 GMT

Mmm. Real butter cream for me. Any flavor. But, mocha is my favorite on yellow cake. Coconut butter cream on white cake is great too!

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (CajunKing)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:59:09 GMT

home made cream cheese icing for my carrot cakes thank you.

RE: What Kind of Icing on Your Cake (fabulousoyster)

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:34:56 GMT

Whipped cream