Kitchen

[Barbarainnc]

Just put it in a bowl and with your electric hand mixer whip it up. I tried it and it worked, cheaper than buying another can of frosting. Next time I'll use my stand KA Mixer, instead of having to hold a hand mixer.

[Nightowlz]

Thanks for the tip. I know when I made a German Chocolate cake there was not enough icing in the can. Used to be too much for a cake & now there's not enough.

[wildcat fan]

I've never heard that one. Sometimes I need 1 1/2 cans, so this would be perfect. Thanks for sharing!

[Sooner]

If you are getting the mixer out, use 1 and 1/2 sticks of softened butter, one box or bag and a half (or as much as needed--depends on some variable factors) of powdered sugar, a pinch of salt and flavoring (vanilla, almond, etc.) and cocoa if you want chocolate and you have home made icing. Either way you have to clean the beaters!

[Mistreatedbycs]

PLEASE do not eat that stuff, they haven't taken out the saturated fat out of those cans.

Most of it is just a can of Crisco with sugared flavoring, frosting is so easy to make and you can control what goes in it.

You have a KA, whip the butter, add powdered sugar and warm milk and you'll have a fantastic frosting.

[FunkyHulaGirl]

I agree - a good buttercream frosting is so fast and easy to make, and it tastes infinitely better than the canned junk! You can also make any flavor you like.

I usually use 1 stick of unsalted butter, 1 8 oz. brick of cream cheese (low fat is OK), 3-4 cups of confectioners' sugar, and flavoring; sometimes I find I'll need to add a little bit of heavy cream (or milk, if I don't have cream on hand). One thing I do find handy is those Duncan Hines frosting flavoring packets; I buy the more unusual flavors and just add them to my own frosting.

[ID2]

On 1/6/2014 nantucket shore said:

PLEASE do not eat that stuff, they haven't taken out the saturated fat out of those cans.

Most of it is just a can of Crisco with sugared flavoring, frosting is so easy to make and you can control what goes in it.

You have a KA, whip the butter, add powdered sugar and warm milk and you'll have a fantastic frosting.

Oh here we go again! The canned frosting haters. The same ones that won't touch a container of Cool Whip I suppose too.

[Lacey1]

Yes, we all know that canned frosting is poison! Yes, I admit-I have used it in a pinch. Yes, I know how to make real frosting, (as if it's really that much 'healthier'). Thanks for the tip.

[gardenman]

On 1/7/2014 ID2 said:

On 1/6/2014 nantucket shore said:

PLEASE do not eat that stuff, they haven't taken out the saturated fat out of those cans.

Most of it is just a can of Crisco with sugared flavoring, frosting is so easy to make and you can control what goes in it.

You have a KA, whip the butter, add powdered sugar and warm milk and you'll have a fantastic frosting.

Oh here we go again! The canned frosting haters. The same ones that won't touch a container of Cool Whip I suppose too.

I know a few people who buys cans of frosting and never make a cake. They just eat the frosting out of the can with a spoon. The same is true for the premade chocolate chip cookie dough. I know a few people who buy it and never bake cookies, but eat it raw. A lot of people have guilty pleasures that they like to indulge.

Personally I find most of the canned frostings to be okay and very convenient. Are they the best frosting in the world? No. But they're okay. If you're not eating a whole cake in one sitting or quickly, the canned frostings tend to hold up better long-term than many of the homemade frostings. For me, it takes about a week to finish off a cake. Canned frostings are generally every bit as good after a week as they were on day one. Homemade frostings tend to start having issues long before the week is up.

[Barbarainnc]

I don't think it will work with German Chocolate Frosting, because of the nuts and coconut. I used a can of cream cheese frosting. Hubby had wanted chocolate frosting and the store only had cream cheese or vanilla. I told him to get the cream cheese and I added some cocoa to it. It was yummy.