Husby's birthday was this weekend. He is super low-key about birthdays and doesn't like a lot of presents, but he'll never turn down a delicious chocolate cake. So, I decided to make a good one. With GOOD frosting. This is the frosting. Cake recipe will follow tomorrow.
*Recipe and photo from Tasty Kitchen Blog
INGREDIENTS:
5 Tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar (not powdered sugar)
DIRECTIONS:
In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. I was stirring for about 5-8 minutes, maybe more. You want this to be very thick, like a brownie mix or thicker. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature. Be sure the mixture is completely cool before you use it in the next step. Stir in vanilla.
While waiting for the mixture to cool, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, making sure that there is no sugar graininess left. Add the completely cooled milk/flour/vanilla mixture and beat on high speed for 3-5 minutes until completely blended and mixture resembles whipped cream.
Spread on a cooled chocolate cake. Mmmmm mmmm mmmmmm.
1 comment:
oooohhhh! so excited about this. i'm always looking for a good frosting recipe, especially around the holidays when it comes to making and decorating sugar cookies.
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