Delicious Old-Fashioned Frosting Recipes to Top Your Favorite Cakes

Personally, I think the best part of the cake is the icing or frosting. I could skip the cake and just eat my frosting straight from the bowl but diabetes prevents from such enjoyment. I remember asking my mom, when I was a child, to make me a chocolate birthday cake with 7-Minute Frosting. Even in my 60s, I remember those cakes with such joy. They were heavenly! This article contains this old-fashion recipe along with recipes for Banana Nut Frosting and Homemade Chocolate Frosting. Dress up the 7-Minute Frosting with food coloring, candy sprinkles or coconut for special occasions. I also like it on angel food cake. The Banana Frosting is really different and will garner praise from family and friends. And what can we say about chocolate that hasn't already been said! So get busy and bake a cake soon. Top it with one of the great frosting recipes below.

7-MINUTE FROSTING with MARSHMALLOW FLUFF
2 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup water
1 cup Marshmallow Fluff
1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine all ingredients except vanilla in the top of a double boiler. Place over boiling water; beat with rotary beater until mixture holds soft peaks. Remove top of double boiler from lower part; beat until mixture holds stiff peaks. Beat in vanilla.

BANANA NUT FROSTING
1/2 cup mashed bananas
1 tsp lemon juice
1/3 cup butter or oleo
1 lb box powdered sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 cup coconut, toasted
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Combine the bananas and lemon juice; set aside. Beat butter or oleo until creamy; add the powdered sugar, bananas and milk, beating until fluffy. Add additional milk if necessary. Stir in coconut and pecans. Add a drop of liquid yellow food coloring, if desired. Use to frost your favorite white, yellow, or banana cake.

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE FROSTING
8 tbsp butter, softened
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk

Put softened butter into a mixing bowl and add the cocoa powder. Stir the mixture until it is well combined. Add the vanilla and salt and mix in well. Stir in the powdered sugar alternately with the milk. Stir until the frosting is of a creamy consistency. To thin icing add more milk, a drop at a time. To make a thicker icing add another 1 to 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar.

Enjoy!