Seven Minute Frosting

Seven Minute Frosting

A vintage recipe card for a classic Seven Minute Frosting made with egg whites, sugar, Jell-O, salt, water, and Karo syrup. Use any flavor Jell-O.

Mocha Butter Cream Frosting

Mocha Butter Cream Frosting

A vintage handwritten recipe card for a Mocha Butter Cream Frosting, made with a Butter Cream base – oleo, egg yolk, confectioners’ sugar – and instant coffee.

Honey Cream Cheese Frosting

Honey Cream Cheese Frosting

A vintage handwritten recipe card for Honey Cream Cheese Frosting, made with cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and honey.

Frosting for Chocolate Pound Cake

Frosting for Chocolate Pound Cake

A vintage handwritten recipe card for a Frosting for a Chocolate Pound Cake made with oleo, sugar, evaporated milk, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and vanilla.

Rich Butter Cream Frosting

Rich Butter Cream Frosting

A vintage handwritten recipe card for a Rich Butter Cream Frosting made with oleo, egg yolk, milk, and vanilla – variation for a lemon or orange frosting.

Smooth ‘N Creamy Frosting

Smooth N Creamy Frosting

A vintage clipped recipe from Jell-O and Cool Whip for a Smooth ‘N Creamy Frosting made with Jell-O pudding, confectioners’ sugar, cold milk, and Cool Whip.

C and H Easy-To-Make Frostings

These recipes are from a promotional brochure produced by C and H Cane Sugar – California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation, San Francisco.   Judging from the graphics used in the advertisement, I guess that the brochure was printed in the 1950s.  There is a code, “S. A. – 57-A” in the bottom corner, so one could assume […]

Baker’s New Double Fudge Chocolate Frosting

Baker's New Double Fudge Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients 4 to 5 squares Baker’s Unsweetened Chocolate 2 1/4 cups unsifted confectioners’ sugar 1/4 cup hot water 2 egg yolks or 1 egg 6 tablespoons soft butter Method Melt chocolate, place in a bowl. Add sugar, water; blend. Add yolks one at a time; beat after each. Add butter, a tablespoon at a time; […]

Powdered Sugar Frosting

Powdered Sugar Frosting

Ingredients 1 tablespoon milk 1 teaspoon vanilla Add enough powdered sugar to consistency for spreading.  If chocolate is desired, add 2 teaspoons of cocoa.   

Seven Minute Frosting – Verdin

Seven Minute Frosting - Verdin

Ingredients 1 1/2 cups of sugar 7 tablespoons water Pinch of salt 1/3 teaspoon cream of tartar 2 unbeaten egg whites Vanilla extract Method Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan with a tightly fitting cover. Bring to a boil, after it begins to boil rapidly cook for 2.5 minutes with cover on. Combine […]