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© FrugalAbundance
2007-2011
GFCF Means
Gluten
Free & Casein Free |
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Mock Cream Cheese Frosting
1/4 cup butter flavored shortening
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh water
2 cups powdered sugar
- Combine all of the ingredients in a
medium-sized bowl. I stir with a rubber spatula or sturdy fork to
avoid clumps. Mix until smooth and thick.
- If the frosting is too thick then thin
it by adding 1/4-teaspoon of water at a time, until it's the
consistency your prefer.
- This recipe seems a bit odd, but it
tastes just like the prepared cream cheese frosting that you can buy
in a tub at the supermarket. It's dairy free, keeps well without
refrigeration and is cheap too.
Notes
- This frosting is easy to prepare and
has a pleasant tangy flavor. If you prefer your frosting to be tarter
then use 1-1/2 tablespoons of both vinegar and water.
- I feel this frosting is best on spicy
cakes like gingerbread, carrot cake, cinnamon cake, spice cake,
apple-spice cake etc. It makes an interesting contrast to chocolate
cake and might be worth trying if you like unusual combinations.
Makes enough to frost the top of an 8 or 9-inch cake. Double the
recipe to have enough for a layer cake.
Divide the nutrition data below by the number of servings you create
to get the data per individual serving. For example, if you bake a
cake, frost it with Mock
Cream Cheese Frosting and then cut the cake into 12 servings, each
serving of frosting will have about 116 calories. For accurate
results be sure to add in the cake calories too.
Per Batch (excluding unknown items): 1389 Calories; 51g Fat (32.6%
calories from fat); 0g Protein; 240g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber;
0mg Cholesterol; 270mg Sodium. Exchanges: 10 1/2 Fat; 16 Other Carbohydrates.
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