Vanilla Frosting Recipe

[sjust]

I am trying to find a good frosting for my dd birthday cake. I tried one with coconut oil, powdered sugar, milk (rice milk) and vanilla. It did not taste very good. I don't know if I did something wrong or if someone has a better recipe. Thank you so much.

[Ursa Major]

I actually found a gluten-free brownie mix by a Canadian company, El Peto Products. They give a recipe for a light chocolate icing on the package. They took it out of "The Gluten Free Gourmet makes Desserts" by Bette Hagman, so it must be good.

Light Chocolate Icing

Makes about 1 1/2 cups of icing

680g - 4 1/3 cups confectioners sugar

80ml - 1/3 cup cocoa powder

80ml - 1/3 cup shortening (and coconut oil should be fine)

10ml - 2 tsp vanilla

80ml - 1/3 cup boiling water

Pinch of salt to taste

In a chilled bowl, whip the confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, shortening and vanilla. Add enough boiling water to make the icing fluffy and smooth. Beat well.

I hope I was of some help.

[Mango04]

You might want to try Spectrum organic shortening instead of coconut oil (I've never done it but I think it would work).