12 Reviews of Basic Vanilla Frosting

From: RachelRoo

On Jul 29, 2006

This was an easy frosting that worked well on cupcakes. If you want a smooth finish, try this: After spreading the somewhat stiff frosting evenly on the cake or cupcakes, smooth it out with a metal frosting spreader. Periodically rinse the spreader under hot running water (without drying it off), allowing the moisture on the speader to work it's magic. If you want a delicious tasting frosting, there are much better recipes out there. But, if you are just searching for something to ice a cake, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls* or oatmeal cookies*, this one works well. I sparingly frosted 18 cupcakes with one batch of this recipe. *Add extra milk to the mix, one drop at a time, to make it thin enough for this purpose.

From: Chef #467615

On Mar 18, 2007

great recipe, but the does the age of the vanilla affect the quality of the frosting?

From: llongoria0

On Jan 1, 2007

I made this tonight for my strawberry cake and it was so easy to do. I added the frosting while the cake was still warm so it would drizzle down the sides.

From: Momma Zakaria

On Nov 2, 2006

This icing is wonderful! It worked great to frost some brownies I made!

From: Chef #423241

On Jan 5, 2007

Very easy,and tast's great!

From: Chef #696844

On Jun 28, 2008

Perfect and exactly the right amount! I usually just eye it but this was much easier!

From: George Clement

On Dec 24, 2005

This is a great recipe. Simple and easy to make. Works great on hot, freh baked cinnamon rolls! I just used it for that tonight

From: BestTeenChef

On Nov 8, 2009

This was exactly what i was looking for as i used it for Cookies 'n Creme Cake - Super Easy Cookies 'n Creme Cake - Super Easy. I had to add a little more milk to get the consistency that i wanted, but that is understandable! Thanks for the simple icing recipe!

From: Rachie P

On Mar 25, 2006

Very easy! I made it with Oreo Pound cake Oreo Pound Cake or Cookies N Cream Pound Cake or the Cake That I and it worked fabulous! I melted it in the microwave so it was pourable. Thanks!

From: Mopsy142

On Aug 17, 2006

for some reason when we made this frosting, it was very runny. we follwed the directions, so i'm not sure what went wrong