Whipped Cream Frosting

By jsides

a light creamy frosting with several variations, all you need is the cake...

Ingredients

• 1 pint heavy cream, well chilled
• 1 cup sifted icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• variations:chocolate
• 1/2 cup cocoa, sifted in with in the icing sugar
• Coffee
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee, dissolved in the cream
• Lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract
• 1 finely grated lemon, rind of, in place of the vanilla
• Orange
• 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
• Nut
• 1 finely grated orange, rind of, in place of the vanilla
• 1 teaspoon almond extract, in place of the vanilla
• 3/4 cup minced nuts, of your choice,folded
• Tipsy
• 1 -2 tablespoon brandy or 1 -2 tablespoon rum or 1 -2 tablespoon Bourbon, in place of the vanilla (For extra tipsy, pierce the cake layers and dribble with more of the same type of liquor and let sta)

Details

Servings 1
Preparation time 7mins
Cooking time 7mins
Adapted from food.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Using both a chilled bowl and chilled beaters, beat the cream until frothy.
2 Add the icing sugar and vanilla gradually while beating.
3 Whip until light and a thick enough consistency to spread as an icing.
4 Use immediately.