Confectioner's Frosting Confectioner's sugar, sifted - 2 cups Hot milk - About 2 tablespoons Vanilla flavoring - 1 teaspoon To confectioner's sugar add hot milk gradually, until the frosting has a good spreading consistency; add vanilla Mix with spoon until all lumps are smooth. If it is too thin add a small amount of confectioner's sugar; if too thick, add drops of hot milk until spreading consistency is acceptable.
Chocolate frosting is always a classic and will go great with coffee cakes. My advice is that the simpler your frosting it is, the more extravagant and elegant it will look on your coffee cake.
any good frosting
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A good substitute for vanilla vodka in a cocktail recipe is regular vodka mixed with a small amount of vanilla extract.
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If a frosting recipe has butter in it, use the butter. Oil will change the consistency and not taste good.
Here is a vanilla glaze recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vanilla-glaze/ Hope you find it useful. If you don't, then go on food.com and see if they have anything.
There are probably a variety of cookbooks with a Christmas cake recipe. A few good ones to try are the BBC Good Food Cookbook and the Southern Living cookbooks.
nd a good recipe and follow it exactly
I have used rum extract, almond extract, anise extract, and a bit of whiskey or vodka, or nothing at all, in place of vanilla in many different recipes including frosting. All without substantially causing a failure in the recipe. [The peppermint frosting went on chocolate cupcakes.] The vanilla is only to give the frosting a flavor other than just bland. Experiment at will.
usually, vanilla cake recipe's call for vanilla extract. If you want to change that to an almond flavour all you have to do is replace vanilla extract with almond extract and maybe sneak some ground almonds in there for added texture and flavour.
There are many places where one can go to in order to find a good recipe for a lemon cake. This includes a good recipe book available from a library or bookstore, as well as blogs dedicated to cooking.