Having options
I think its time I learned to make frosting. I need to be able to make a chocolate one for cakes and a sugar frosting for cinnamon rolls.
For the chocolate frosting, I’ll be trying the recipe that goes with Peabody’s chocolate cake. I’ll also be making a recipe from Martha Stewart’s cookbook, which has a picture on page 148 that looks amazing.
I’m excited. It’ll be so nice to be able to make my own frosting and not have to rely on store bought any more.
As for the sugar frosting, being able to make that will mean I’ll have options and I won’t be limited to a cream cheese frosting whenever I have cinnamon rolls.
I’ll start by grinding some regular sugar in my blender. Once its been powdered, I’ll add a wee bit of vanilla and a couple of dribbles of milk.
In the past, my failures have been due to adding too much liquid. I tried to follow the recipes but I never seemed to be able to stop myself from adding more milk. It just seemed to need it.
But this time, I’ll add the teeniest tiniest bit of liquid.
