Need a frosting recipe without confec. sugar or cream

[Tiggeroo]

I am making a banana layer cake. I can't get out to the store and just realized I have no confectioners sugar. Does anyone have a recipe for frosting with no confectioners sugar, cocoa or cream. I have a pack of bittersweet chocolate, regular sugar, butter and alot of the other basics. Any tips??

[piratesmate]

Tiggeroo,

This is probably too late,as by now you've gotten to the store. (I haven't been around lately.) But for future reference . . .

Cooked Icing (my favorite - it doesn't seem as sweet as those w/10x sugar)
Cook together:
3 Tbl flour
3/4 c milk
Stir constantly until thick. Cool.
Add:
3/4 c butter
Beat 4 minutes, then add:
3/4 c sugar
Beat 4 minutes, then add:
3/4 tsp vanilla
the cooled flour mixture
Beat until smooth. Refrigerate until spreadable.

I don't know how this one would be for banana cake - my grandmother always used it for applesauce cake & it was wonderful!!!! It gets hard & can be picked off & eaten separately, too. ;)
Caramel Icing
1 Tbl butter 2 c brown sugar
5 Tbl milk 1 Tbl vanilla
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan & stir until sugar dissolves. Cook syrup for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Cool until you can hold your hand on the bottom of the pan. Beat 2 minutes & spread on a reasonably cooled cake.

Deb

[pixiedust218]

Tiggeroo: Better late than never, but here is another frosting recipe for another time that I found in a magazine:

Fluffy White Frosting

1 1/2 cups sugar 2 egg whites 1/3 cup water
1/4 tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp vanilla extract

In double boiler, combine sugar, egg whites, water and cream of tartar. With a portable mixer, beat mixture on low speed for 1 minute. Continue beating on low speed over low heat until frosting reaches 160 degrees, about 8-10 minutes. Pour into a large mixing bowl; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until frosting forms stiff peaks, about 7 minutes.