I am officially the mother of a teenager.
I am not even really sure how that happened, it seems like yesterday I had her. 13 years have gone by, in what seems like the blink of an eye.
While I am trying to adjust to the fact that my baby is 13, My daughter already has the teenage thing down pat.
When I asked her what kind of frosting she wanted on her birthday cake this was her reply: “I don’t care, but I don’t like shortening frosting, and I don’t like frosting that feels gritty”
Ok, then.
I am not sure why she feels buttercream frosting is gritty, I have always made it with confectioners sugar, and grittiness has never really been a thing I have noticed.
I got to thinking about different kinds of frosting and remembered an old recipe I have for a frosting that cooks up nice and fluffy and tastes like marshmallow cream.
This recipe for Old Fashioned Fluffy Frosting is an old recipe. You can find it in old cookbooks, usually named 7-minute icing. It actually takes a little longer than 7 minutes to make this frosting but is completely worth it. The frosting is light, fluffy, and pure white.
And according to my daughter not gritty at all 🙂
Old Fashioned Fluffy Frosting
This recipe for Old Fashioned Fluffy Frosting is an old recipe. You can find it in old cookbooks, usually named 7-minute icing. It actually takes a little longer than 7 minutes to make this frosting but is completely worth it.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a saucepan, stir together the sugar, water and cream of tartar. Cook over medium-high heat until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is bubbly.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whip the egg whites and vanilla until soft peaks form.
- Gradually add the hot sugar mixture while whipping constantly, for about 7 to 10 minutes, until stiff peaks form.
- Frost the cake of your choice.
Jenn
13 Oct 2019This sounds exactly like my mom’s “Finger Frosting” recipe — my favorite as a child!! It’s irresistible! Mom used to say it was called finger frosting because the saucepan mixture should be heated at a temp where you could stir it with your finger. The name you’ve got here is way less weird to throw out in casual conversation.
Caye
19 May 2019If I frost a cake with this in July can it sit out for several hours indoors or would I need to refrigerate it?
Susan Vilar
29 Mar 2019I’ve used your recipe 7 or 8 times, and will make it again tomorrow morning to frost a rich chocolate cake. It’s a fabulous frosting! Love it! Thanks so much for sharing and giving such wonderful directions.
Linda
3 Sep 2017Lookin for a boxed marshmallow mix that was out in the 1960s..does anyone know the name of the mix? Thanks linda
Maryann
12 Aug 2018Was it dream whip!
Barb
23 Jan 2017I made this frosting recipe last night for a birthday cake. Was I supposed to refrigerator this cake once it was iced? When I got up this morning, the frosting had slipped down the sides of the cake almost like it melted???
aLISON
24 Jan 2016I made this today and it is so good, just like my mom used to make. I thought I had vanilla extract in the house but I didn’t, so omitted that, and it was still delicious. Obviously a little less vanilla-y but so so easy!
Marsha
18 Apr 2015This is an excellent frosting. It’s easy to make, uses ingredients you’ll have on hand, tastes good, spreads easily, looks impressive. It’s great on a rich chocolate cake. Kids and adults like it.
Jennifer Morrisey
19 Apr 2015Thank you, Marsha! It is my favorite, and you are right, amazing on chocolate cake!
hooplah
2 Apr 2015I bake way too many cakes (not a bad thing!) but I always use the same old frosting recipe. Excited to try this one next time! Thank you for sharing 😀