{"id":2905,"date":"2023-06-05T01:57:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T01:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=2905"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:32:34","slug":"butter-frosting-variations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/butter-frosting-variations\/","title":{"rendered":"Butter Frosting (& variations)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Stephanie Knewasser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From the kitchen of AnnMarie Barkwell<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In a mixer, beat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 Tbsp butter or margarine, softened<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 c confectioner sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 1\/2 tsp vanilla<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 1\/2 – 2 Tbsp milk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add milk slowly until it’s smooth & spreading consistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fills & frosts 2 9″ layers or a 13×9 cake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Variations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Browned Butter Frosting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • same as above, except heat butter in saucepan over medium heat until a delicate brown.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Cherry Butter Frosting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • add 2 Tbsp drained chopped maraschino cherries & 2 drops red food coloring<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Orange Butter Frosting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • omit vanilla, sub orange juice <\/em><\/strong>for the milk, add 2 tsp grated orange peel.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Lemon Butter Frosting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • omit vanilla<\/em><\/strong>, sub lemon juice<\/em><\/strong> for the milk, add 1\/2 tsp grated lemon peel<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Peanut Butter Frosting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • sub peanut butter<\/strong><\/em> for the butter, increase milk to 1\/4 to 1\/3 cup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            AnnMarie Barkwell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[48,385,106],"class_list":["post-2905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-desserts","category-frosting","tag-annmarie-barkwell","tag-frosting","tag-recipe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}