Recipe#4294

Title: Vanilla Butter

From: sisrael@praxis.net (sisrael@praxis.net) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.baking 
 Subject: Best Icing for (Chocolate) cake 
 Date: 2 Nov 1996 03:22:19 GMT 
 Message-ID: <55eepb$o67@ns2.praxis.net> 

Cuisinart recipe
 3 cups confectioners sugar
 2 t vanilla extract
 5 T unsalted butter, at room temperature
 4 to 5 T. sour cream
 Metal Blade:  Put the sugar and salt in the work bowl and process
 for 5 seconds.  Add the vanilla, butter and 4 T. of sour cream.
 Process for 5 seconds.  add the remaining sour cream, if necessary,
 to bring the frosting to spreading consistency.
 Makes enough frosting for the top and sidea of 2 8-inch layers.
 For Chocolate Butter Frosting, add 1/4 cup coccoa with the
 confectioners sugar.
 For Chocolate Walnut Butter Frosting, follow the above variation
 and add 1/3 C. of walnut pieces with the cocoa and sugar.  Process
 until the nuts are finely mined before proceeding with the recipe.