Betty Crocker's Frosting Secrets / Fancy Cake Decorating; New Cake-trimming Short Cuts; Fabulous Party Cake Ideas; Fun With Frostings

by Betty Crocker

Betty Crocker’s
FROSTING SECRETS

• Fancy cake decorating • New cake-trimming short cuts • Fabulous party cake ideas

The Frosting makes the cake and Betty Crocker Frosting Mix makes perfect frosting every time

CONTENTS

[Quick frosting tricks] 4 Teaspoon scallops • Spatula spirals • Crisscross • Swirly squares • Plaid Cake • Christmas Ball Frosting • Hobnail Fudge Frosting • Glossy Web [Teaspoon tricks with frosting mix] 6 Bunny • Dahlia • Easy Flowers [Cherry Blossom Cake] 7 [Easy-does-it decorating] 8 Decorator icing with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix [Cross-stitch Cake] 10 [Party-pretty Cakes] 12 Forget-me-not Cake • Trellis Cake • Daisy Cake • Gift Wrapped Cake [Birthday Cakes] 14 Birthday Bouquets • Happy Birthday Cake • Flower Garden Cake • Circus Cake [Doll Cake] 16 Party Petit Fours [Holiday Cakes] 18 Sugarplum Tree • Clown Cake • Easter Bonnet Cake • Valentine Cake [Wedding Cake] 20 [Quick Homemade Candies] 22 [Frozen Desserts, Specialty Frostings] 23

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Welcome! Come join us in the fun of frosting glamorous decorated cakes! It’s surprising how easy it is, once you get the knack of it. Our Fluffy White Frosting Mix is a big help—it makes a decorator icing that’s always smooth and easy-flowing.

Your very first cake will be pretty enough to be proud of! And if it isn’t absolutely perfect, please don’t be discouraged—the practice you’ve had will make your next cake much, much easier. To start, try the quick-as-a-wink tricks that don’t need a decorator set. And try the candies and desserts from our frosting mixes—easy shortcuts to delicious treats!

P. S. Before you decorate, you have to frost your cake! These tips will help!

After cooling cake thoroughly on rack, brush all the loose crumbs away with your fingers before frosting the cake.

Set one layer upside down on plate; frost top with about ⅓ of frosting. Set other layer on top, right-side-up.

Frost SIDES first, then top. Make attractive swirls with spatula, or leave smooth for added designs.

Choose one of our five frosting mixes to be sure of perfect frosting—always creamy-smooth and easy-spreading!

Quick and easy Frosting tricks
no special equipment needed!

With a fork, spoon, spatula, or a piece of string, you can make your frosting “fancy” ... as the simple ideas on these pages show. And with our Betty Crocker Frosting Mixes, you can be sure of perfect frosting—always just right to handle easily.

Use Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Malt, or Peanut Creme Frosting Mix for these tricks:

Scallops—With teaspoon inverted, press tip into frosted cake. Repeat in rows across cake for all over design.

Spiral—Hold spatula at center of frosted cake. Gradually draw spatula toward you, while turning cake.

Crisscross—Draw tines of fork across cake. Repeat at right angles to first markings. Place colorful candies in squares.

Swirly squares—Draw lines through frosting with knife. Repeat at right angles, drawing lines in opposite ways.

The Frosting on the cake shows you care

Plaid Cake—Use Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix. Frost cake. Dip string in food coloring; stretching it taut, press into frosting. Repeat. Use new string for each color. Make up your own plaid design.

Christmas Balls—Use Betty Crocker Malt Frosting Mix. Frost cake. Save ¼ cup frosting. Cut tiny corner off envelope. Squeeze frosting through envelope to trim vari-colored flat mints. Press onto cake.

Hobnail Fudge Frosting—Use Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting Mix. Frost top of cake thickly. Press down with bowl of teaspoon, swirl slightly; draw up sharply. Repeat for an all over hobnail design.

Glossy Web—Use Betty Crocker Peanut Creme Frosting Mix. Frost cake. Melt 1 sq. unsweetened chocolate (1 oz.). Dip knife in chocolate. Mark circles on top of cake. Draw knife out from center for web.

For glamor in a hurry, try these
Teaspoon Tricks
with Frosting Mix!

Quick Tricks with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix.

Bunny: Tint ½ cup frosting pink. Fill teaspoon with frosting; with second spoon, ease off mounds of frosting for body and head of bunny. Dabs of white frosting make “cottontail” and ears. Add cinnamon candy eyes and coconut whiskers.

Dahlia: Tint 1 cup frosting yellow. Drop 10 mounds of frosting around center of cake. Draw out with spoon to make petal shapes. Add 10 smaller mounds for second layer of petals, pulling tips up with spoon. Shape center; decorate with silver dragées.

Easy Flowers with Decorator Icing ([p. 9])—or use Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Malt, or Peanut Creme Frosting Mix. (½ cup makes 5 or 6 flowers.)

Put a gumdrop on a toothpick. Fill tip end of teaspoon with icing, smooth it off along edge of cup.

Draw spoon gently down over gumdrop; off comes one petal. Continue around the gumdrop in same way.

Add a second row of petals. Place finished flower on cake. Remove toothpick. Repeat for flowers desired.

A cake’s crowning glory is its Frosting