Milk Frosting

A dish that starts with sugar and finishes with butter.

Cake Fillings And Frostings

contains dairy

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
  • 350 ml sugar
  • 120 ml milk
  • 5 ml butter
  • 2 ml vanilla
Make it lactose-friendly
  • ½ cup milk → lactose-free milk, oat milk, or almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Put butter in saucepan; when melted, add sugar and milk. Stir, to be sure that sugar does not adhere to saucepan, heat to boiling-point, and boil without stirring thirteen minutes. Remove from fire, and beat until of right consistency to spread; then add flavoring and pour over cake, spreading evenly with back of spoon. Crease as soon as firm.

Make it yours (1 variations)

Edition Primary Gutenberg

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Nutrition (estimated, per serving)
Calories425
Protein1.3 g
Fat2.6 g
Carbs102.0 g
Fiber0.0 g
Sodium19 mg

Source

The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book (Fannie Farmer, pub. domain) — Public domain in the United States