Any Suggestions For Whipped Frosting

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Permalink Reply by Gonzuela on April 16, 2010 at 8:38pm

Here's a recipe for whipped cream frosting that I've tried a while ago and it turned out great:

I tub frozen whip cream
6oz cream cheese
11/2 tsp vanilla or almond extract
1/3 Cup of sugar

It's not something I normally use so I don't know how long it (or any other kind of whipped cream frosting) will hold up in the heat, I think when you're dealing with cream there's always that concern that it may go bad in the heat also... If you're experimenting you can always test it out and see what works! I've also seen recipes that are just cream, sugar and vanilla and some that use marshmellow fluff so if you wanted to try a few you can probably "google" some recipes. Sometimes I throw in a bit of meringue powder into my buttercream so if heat's a concern I'd go with a high ratio shortening in your buttercream (no butter) and that will probably be your safest bet.

Good Luck! :-)

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Permalink Reply by ceshell on May 1, 2010 at 12:06am

Charlotte's Whipped Buttercream is a great icing. It's an all-shortening recipe but you can use hi-ratio shortening for added stability, and you can use half (or even all) butter for flavor. If you think the weather is going to be super-warm you may want to limit how much butter you replace the shortening with. http://www.angelfire.com/on2/cakes/Buttercream.html

I used this icing (half butter, half hi-ratio) under my most recent (diaper bag) cake and it held up great in the spring weather, even under fondant. It is less sweet than a traditional American buttercream and tastes light and yummy. Normally I use Italian meringue BC icing but I use Charlotte's recipe when someone wants a powdered-sugar based icing.

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