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Did you know that it is an absolute waste of money to buy ready make frosting, there are so many different frosting recipes available, they look better, taste better and most of all are better for you. This is because even though frosting contains sugar, at least the home made variety does not have artificial ingredients, preservatives and goodness knows what else in it.

On the whole, Americans have gotten used to convenience in everything they do, but convenience is not always good for you, except in very small doses. Things which come out of a tube would never have been recognized as food by Grandma and this should be the way you look at food. If she did not recognize it as being food, like cheese in a tube, then it isn’t food.

It does not take as much time as you think to make frosting, and today we have all the beaters and kitchen gadgets we want at our disposal. Grandma would have made it with a bowl and a wooden spoon, we don’t have to do that and our frosting will taste just as good as hers, the kids will never want you to buy store bought frosting again!

If you make use of a single butter frosting recipe, you can add and subtract ingredients as you will to change the flavor and color. If you want orange, strawberry and chocolate frosting fro one batch of cupcakes, mix up one batch, divide it into three portions, add chocolate to one, fresh strawberries to another and fresh orange juice and zest to the third batch. Substitute cream cheese for butter and make frosting for a carrot cake.

There are so many different and healthy flavorings you are able to use when you whip up a batch of frosting. You can even buy store bought cakes and cookies if you want and frost them at home, the kids will love helping you, and your cakes and cookies will be extra special.

One tip, is don’t confuse confectioners sugar with granulated sugar, you won’t get frosting. Another is don’t use margarine, use butter, it makes your frosting taste so much better. Never frost a cake until it has cooled completely and always refrigerate left overs.

Want to find out more about frosting recipes, then visit Maura Duke’s site on how to choose the best frosting recipe for your needs.

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