Grandmas Butternut Frosting Recipes

GREAT GRANDMA'S NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in the cake flour, then fold in the pecans. Roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake for 15 to 19 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. Cool cookies completely before rolling in additional confectioners' sugar. If you are storing the cookies in a tin, add remaining sugar to the tin.

GRANDMA'S PEANUT BUTTER ICING

Steps:

• Add together margarine, peanut butter and salt and stir until well mixed.
• Add in powdered sugar and coffee, blend well.
• Frost over cake or cupcakes.
• Enjoy!

GRANDMA'S BUTTERNUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs together.
• Beat on high speed for 5 minutes.
• Then add milk and flour on low speed until mixed well.
• Add butternut flavoring and bake in tube or bundt pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 300 degrees F.
• Frost with Butternut frosting if desired.
• See my recipes for the frosting recipe!
• May be baked in 3 layer pans also.

GRANDMA'S FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar together. Slowly add enough milk to make the frosting spreadable. Add the vanilla. Adjust milk and powdered sugar until desired consistency.
• For chocolate icing, add the cocoa powder.
• For mocha icing, delete the milk and add cocoa and cold coffee.

GRANDMA'S SEVEN- MINUTE FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Combine egg whites, sugar, salt, water, and corn syrup in a double boiler. Beat 1 minute or until thoroughly mixed
• 2. Then place over boiling water and beat constantly at high speed of electric mixer or with a rotary beater for 7 minutes until frosting will stand in stiff peaks. Stir frosting up from bottom and sides of pan occasionally.
• 3. Remove from boiling water and pour at once into a large bowl Add vanilla and beat 1 minute until thick enough to spread.
• 4. Makes about 4 1/2 cups enough to cover tops and sides of two 8 or 9 inch layers or a 10 inch tube cake.

OLD FASHIONED BUTTER CAKE RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour two 8 inch x 2 inch baking pans and set aside. In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add butter, milk, and vanilla. With a hand mixer, beat for 2 minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl. Add eggs and beat for 2 minutes more. Pour batter into prepared pans, dividing equally between the pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes and then turn cakes out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Add your favorite frosting to the cake.