Save FB Tweet More. Peanut butter or other nut butter. Jam, preserves, or marmalade. Chocolate chips or other flavored baking chips. Flavored Coffee Syrups. Strong Coffee or Espresso. All rights reserved. Close Sign in. Canned frosting is a great way to save you some extra time when it comes to preparing a cake, but there is no denying that a homemade frosting in comparison to canned is always just a little bit more delicious.
Instead of starting from scratch and making a homemade frosting, there are plenty of ways to take a humble can of store bought frosting and turn it into something exquisite and homemade-esque, even though it all started in a can. Whether you want to toy around with the texture of the frosting or the flavor, there are lots of quick ways to turn your canned frosting into a sweet confection that no one would ever guess came from the baking aisle.
What makes a homemade frosting taste homemade is its light, airy, creamy texture. Canned frosting has a tendency to be on the denser side, but the solution to this textural dilemma is simple. Dump your canned frosting into a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer or into the bowl of an electric mixer and whip it up. Without even adding any other ingredients, this will aerate the frosting for a fluffier consistency.
If the canned chocolate frosting is sweet and heavy, you can always add whipped cream in the same amount of your store-bought chocolate frosting for a lighter cupcake or cake frosting. Moreover, you can add softened cream cheese to the store-bought canned chocolate frosting. Doing this will make it better since it provides richness to the frosting while controlling the sweetness. Additionally, add eight ounces of room temperature cream cheese and one canned chocolate frosting at room temperature and mix the two for easy and flavorful frosting.
Check Price on Amazon. No ratings yet. Prep Time 25 mins. Course: Dessert. Cuisine: American. Servings: Author: cakedecorist. Mixing bowl. Add Marshmallow Fluff for a decadent taste. Mix equal parts of frosting with equal parts of Marshmallow Fluff. Add Nutella or any hazelnut spread. This works best with chocolate frosting. You can also add smooth peanut butter to chocolate frosting. The combination of chocolate and peanut butter is very scrumptious.
Add one tablespoon at a time until you get the flavor you desire. To add a more chocolate intense flavor to your chocolate frosting try adding cocoa powder one teaspoon at a time to the frosting and mix well. If you are adding unsweetened cocoa powder you might want to also add powdered sugar to add some sweetness to the frosting. Also you may need to add one teaspoon butter or milk or for a bolder taste coffee to get a more spreadable consistency since the cocoa power and icing sugar will make the frosting thicker and less spreadable.
Add 1 teaspoon of food extracts such as vanilla or chocolate to your frosting and mix well. This adds increased flavor. Add 1 teaspoon of a flavored syrup such as caramel, raspberry, hazelnut, cherry, butter pecan, or mango whatever your preference to increase the taste. Whipped Cream Recipe. Now there is an old saying that you eat with your eyes first.
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