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Aunt Mary's Vanilla Frosting

Aunt Mary's Vanilla Frosting

Name: Aunt Mary's Vanilla Frosting
Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened; ½ cup shortening; ⅔ cup confectioners' sugar; ½ cup milk; 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Rating: 2.47 stars

86 Ratings
73 Reviews
7 Photos

Use this creamy vanilla frosting recipe when you need a quick solution for your cakes or cupcakes.

By Leo J. Lagrotte

Recipe Summary

Servings:

Yield:

2 cups

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 10 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

½ cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
⅔ cup confectioners' sugar
½ cup milk
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Step 1

Combine butter or margarine, shortening, confectioners' sugar, flour, vanilla, and milk in a mixing bowl. Whip all ingredients until fluffy.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

224.7 calories; 0.9 g protein; 11.6 g carbohydrates; 25.4 mg cholesterol; 70.6 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

Reviews (73)

Most helpful positive review

SMANDA1

02/10/2005

I'm surprised this frosting only has a three star rating. It might be because the original recipe has too much butter and made my frosting a little too soft. Another time when I added less butter the frosting came out just perfect. This icing was not only great on my vanilla cake but was good when I made cinnamon rolls. I like it because it has few ingredients and takes very little time to make. Come on allrecipe cooks try this recipe again! Read More

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(25)

Most helpful critical review

REEDSTREETLADIES

03/07/2005

I think Aunt Mary got her shoe polish recipe and frosting recipe confused. This had no flavor and was extremely greasy. If you need a shoe shine though... this would rock Read More

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(41)

86 Ratings

5 star values: 18
4 star values: 9
3 star values: 9
2 star values: 9
1 star values: 41

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REEDSTREETLADIES

03/06/2005

I think Aunt Mary got her shoe polish recipe and frosting recipe confused. This had no flavor and was extremely greasy. If you need a shoe shine though... this would rock Read More

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(41)

SMANDA1

02/09/2005

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(25)

Mara Allen

02/23/2004

If you want to clog an artery this is the recipe for you. After just tasting it i could feel the grease stick to my thoat and it doesn't taste much like frosting. STAY AWAY FROM THIS RECIPE!!! Read More

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(23)

CHEF!

11/07/2003

I thought for sure other raters were just pessimists but this frosting is not tasty at all. It tastes too much like shortening. Read More

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(15)

SUZIEGILL

01/28/2004

There has to be some mistake ading flour to a frosting receipe. This was the most disgusting frosting I've ever eaten. It tasted greasy and had the wonderful aftertaste of raw flour. YUCK! Read More

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(12)

mitchelldj

01/22/2006

My entire family loved this frosting. It was so very easy to prepare and was not as sweet as alot of recipes. YUMMY Read More

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(10)

Sarah Jo

10/05/2009

I whipped the butter and shortening together then added the confectioners sugar and vanilla. After I got it combined nicely I added whole milk by tbsp until it was the consistancy I wanted. When I tried it it was not good. At all. And I'm being nice. I had to add another cup and a half of confectioners sugar and about four tbsp. of vanilla to get it moderately acceptable. And still I find it greasy and over sweet. I'm upset I wasted my time and ingredients on this. Partially my fault because I didn't read the reviews first. I was in a hurry. Read More

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Dana Charlee

12/09/2007

might as well just butter the cupcakes.. Read More

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court

08/21/2007

I did not care for this recipe. I would never recommend this EVER. I had to add 2 more cups of conf. sugar and 2 tsp of vanilla extract just to make it taste decent and it was still clumpy and tasted like butter. Read More

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I think Aunt Mary got her shoe polish recipe and frosting recipe confused. This had no flavor and was extremely greasy. If you need a shoe shine though... this would rock

If you want to clog an artery this is the recipe for you. After just tasting it i could feel the grease stick to my thoat and it doesn't taste much like frosting. STAY AWAY FROM THIS RECIPE!!!

I thought for sure other raters were just pessimists but this frosting is not tasty at all. It tastes too much like shortening.

There has to be some mistake ading flour to a frosting receipe. This was the most disgusting frosting I've ever eaten. It tasted greasy and had the wonderful aftertaste of raw flour. YUCK!