Ermine Icing For Red Velvet Cake Recipes

HESTER'S RED VELVET CAKE ICING

My Great Grandmother Hester's recipe, as given to me by my Great Aunt Jan.

Provided by Carri Smith

Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings

Time 45m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 5

Hester's Red Velvet Cake Icing image

Steps:

Cook the milk and flour in the top of a double boiler over just-barely simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula until thickened, about 5 minutes. Place the mixture in the refrigerator until chilled.
Combine the vegetable shortening, sugar, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until well blended. Beat the chilled milk mixture into the shortening mixture until fluffy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 236.2 calories, Carbohydrate 19.6 g, Cholesterol 1.6 mg, Fat 17.5 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.9 g, SaturatedFat 4.5 g, Sodium 8.4 mg, Sugar 17.7 g

Ingredients

1 cup milk
¼ cup flour
1 cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

ERMINE FROSTING

Light and creamy ermine frosting to compliment any cake. I use this instead of a cream cheese frosting on red velvet cake or cupcakes. The almond flavoring really compliments red velvet and offers an alternative if you're not fond of cream cheese frosting. It makes enough to frost 18+ cupcakes or a 3-layer cake.

Provided by Colleen Renzullo

Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings White

Time 45m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ermine Frosting image

Steps:

Cook milk and flour in a saucepan until thick and bubbling, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour into a bowl; place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Transfer cooled milk mixture into a large bowl. Add sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Whip frosting until creamy, 5 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 58.6 calories, Carbohydrate 5.2 g, Cholesterol 5.5 mg, Fat 4.2 g, Protein 0.3 g, SaturatedFat 1.8 g, Sodium 2.4 mg, Sugar 4.4 g

Ingredients

1 cup milk
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract, or more to taste

ERMINE ICING

This is an old-fashioned icing, also called boiled-milk frosting. The results are as light as whipped cream but with much more character. It was the original icing for red velvet cake. For best results, you may want to double it: A little extra frosting never hurts.

Provided by Kim Severson

Categories dessert

Time 15m

Yield Frosts one cake, with 2 or 3 layers

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ermine Icing image

Steps:

Over medium heat, whisk flour and milk in a small saucepan and heat to a simmer, stirring frequently until it becomes very thick and almost puddinglike.
Remove from heat, whisk in vanilla and salt. Pour into a bowl to allow it to cool completely. Put plastic wrap on the surface to keep a skin from forming.
Use a mixer to cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally, about 5 minutes. With the mixer on medium, add the cooled flour mixture a little bit at a time. Continue to beat until the mixture becomes light and fluffy and resembles whipped cream.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 674, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 57 grams, Fat 49 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 31 grams, Sodium 110 milligrams, Sugar 54 grams, TransFat 2 grams

Ingredients

5 tablespoons/40 grams flour
1 cup/235 milliliters whole milk
1 teaspoon/5 milliliters vanilla extract
Pinch of salt
1 cup/ 230 grams unsalted butter, softened
1 cup/200 grams granulated sugar