{"id":25651,"date":"2020-05-19T14:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?page_id=25651"},"modified":"2023-07-29T16:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T16:06:34","slug":"american-frosting-recipe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/cake-recipes\/wedding-cake-frostings-fillings-recipes-quantities\/american-frosting-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"American Frosting: Recipe &#038; How-To"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25764\" src=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/American-frosting-recipe-and-quantities-for-different-size-cakes-on-Cake-Geek.com_.jpg\" alt=\"American frosting recipe and quantities for different size cakes on Cake-Geek.com\" width=\"599\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/American-frosting-recipe-and-quantities-for-different-size-cakes-on-Cake-Geek.com_.jpg 599w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/American-frosting-recipe-and-quantities-for-different-size-cakes-on-Cake-Geek.com_-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/American-frosting-recipe-and-quantities-for-different-size-cakes-on-Cake-Geek.com_-500x470.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/American-frosting-recipe-and-quantities-for-different-size-cakes-on-Cake-Geek.com_-150x141.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>American frosting is the quickest and easiest type of frosting to make &#8211; you can&#8217;t argue with quick and easy!<\/p>\n<p>Makes 4 cups of frosting<\/p>\n<p>(See our chart here on <a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/cake-recipes\/wedding-cake-frostings-fillings-recipes-quantities\/\">Quantities of Frosting to Fill &amp; Cover Different Size Cakes<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4>American Frosting: Recipe<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>2 sticks of unsalted butter<\/li>\n<li>7 cups of powdered sugar (approx. 1 3\/4 lbs)<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons of milk<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tablespoons of vanilla extract or other flavoring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>American Frosting: Method<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Beat the sugar on high speed until pale and fluffy for about 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Add the powdered sugar a quarter at a time, scraping down the bowl between additions.<\/li>\n<li>Finally add the milk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/cake-frostings-fillings-recipes-quantities-for-different-size-cakes\/\">Cake Frostings &amp; Fillings<\/a> page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American frosting is the quickest and easiest type of frosting to make &#8211; you can&#8217;t argue with quick and easy! Makes 4 cups of frosting (See our chart here on Quantities of Frosting to Fill &amp; Cover Different Size Cakes) American Frosting: Recipe 2 sticks of unsalted butter 7 cups of powdered sugar (approx. 1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25764,"parent":25637,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25651","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30617,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25651\/revisions\/30617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}