Whipped Frosting

white frosting with berries on layer cake.

This Whipped Frosting tastes just like the lightly sweetened version you'll find in most grocery store bakeries. This recipe makes around 4 cups of frosting - plenty for a two layer cake!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 335kcal

Author Karly Campbell

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups milk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups butter softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Add the milk and flour to a medium sauce pan over medium heat and whisk well. Keep whisking over medium to high heat, until the mixture begins to thicken to the consistency of a gravy or pudding. Remove the saucepan from heat and allow the mixture to cool.
While the flour and milk mixture is cooking, beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer. Beat well, at least 5 minutes. Make sure sugar and butter is well combined or your frosting will be a bit grainy. Beat in the vanilla until combined.
Add the cooled flour mixture to the bowl and beat together until light and fluffy.
Use frosting immediately or, if you prefer a stiffer frosting, refrigerate for 30 minutes before use.

Notes

For bright white frosting, use clear vanilla. If you'll be coloring the frosting, regular vanilla is fine.

To color the frosting, add food coloring in when combining the flour mixture and butter mixture.

We use salted butter in this recipe as it's what we always have on hand. If using unsalted butter, add 1/4 teaspoon of salt to the recipe.

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