KitchenAid 400 manual Caramel Creme Frosting, Fluffy Frosting, ⁄4 cup 60 ml low-fat milk

Caramel Creme Frosting

1⁄2 cup (120 ml) butter or margarine

1cup (235 ml) firmly packed brown sugar

1⁄4 cup (60 ml) low-fat milk

1cup (235 ml) miniature marshmallows

2cups (475 ml) powdered sugar

1⁄2 teaspoon (2 ml) vanilla

Melt butter in medium saucepan. Add brown sugar and milk, stirring to blend. Heat to boiling. Cook about 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add marshmallows. Stir until marshmallows melt and mixture is smooth.

Place powdered sugar in mixer bowl. Add brown sugar mixture and vanilla. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to STIR Speed and mix about 30 seconds. Turn to Speed 4 and beat about 1 minute, or until smooth and creamy. Spread on cake while warm.

Yield: 12 to 16 servings (frosting for 2-layer or 13x9x2-inch (33x23x5-cm) cake).

Per serving: About 228 cal, 0 g pro, 41 g carb, 7 g fat, 0 mg chol, 98 mg sod.

Fluffy Frosting

11⁄2 cups (355 ml) sugar

1⁄2 teaspoon (2 ml) cream of tartar

1⁄2 teaspoon (2 ml) salt

1⁄2 cup (120 ml) water

11⁄2 tablespoons (20 ml)

light corn syrup

2 egg whites

11⁄2 teaspoons (7 ml) vanilla

Place sugar, cream of tartar, salt, water, and corn syrup in saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved, forming a syrup.

Place egg whites in mixer bowl. Attach bowl and wire whip to mixer. Turn to Speed 10 and whip about 45 seconds, or until whites begin to hold shape. Continuing on Speed 10, slowly pour hot syrup into egg whites in a fine stream and whip 1 to 11⁄2 minutes. Add vanilla and whip about

5 minutes longer, or until frosting loses its gloss and stands in stiff peaks. Frost cake immediately.

Yield: 12 to 16 servings (frosting for 2-layer or 13x9x2-inch (33x23x5-cm) cake).

Per serving: About 109 cal, 1 g pro, 27 g carb, 0 g fat, 0 mg chol, 101 mg sod.

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