The recipe is a bit unconventional so I was definitely a little skeptical... but more about that in a minute.
The cupcakes I made aren't anything super special. I started with a dark chocolate cupcake and I wanted to spice it up a little so I thought I would add a Nutella swirl. I love Nutella... it is so creamy and rich... very yum!
Well I filled my muffin pan and made little swirls of nutella on top of each cupcake. I thought the swirl would sink into the batter as it was baking but that didn't happen.
The Nutella swirl ended up on top... it isn't the prettiest looking thing but that yummy hazelnut flavor will still make it into each bite so it will be fine!
While my cupcakes were cooling I worked on the frosting. I stumbled across this recipe while reading through baking blogs. The exact blog I found it on is Tasty Kitchen Blog
Now I mentioned earlier that this recipe is a bit unconventional and I wanted to see if it actually lived up to its name!
To start the recipe you mix 1 cup of milk with 5 tablespoons of flour in a saucepan. Yes you read that right... flour in a frosting recipe! Next you heat up the mixture on the stove, stirring constantly until it becomes very thick.
Once that is nice and thick remove it from the heat and let it cool COMPLETELY. According to the blog I found this on the milk/flour mixture being cool is very important.
While the mixture is cooling combine 1 cup of butter and 1 cup of sugar in the mixer. It needs to be beaten until smooth and fluffy.
Once the milk mixture is cool stir in 1 tsp vanilla and then add the entire mixture to the mixing bowl.
The recipe says to "beat the living day lights out of it" which I did... but the consistency was a little "runny". I think I may have over beaten and the frosting began to break down. The taste however... that was PHENOMENAL!
The consistency is supposed to be whipped cream like... and mine was similar just not quite as stiff. Because of that instead of piping on the frosting I just smeared it on using an offset spatula.
My husband was my taste tester and he said the frosting and cupcake were a perfect marriage!
I will definitely be making this frosting again and suggest you try and make it too!
Recipe:
- 5 Tablespoons Flour
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 cup Butter
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar (not Powdered Sugar!)
In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. You want it to be very thick, thicker than cake mix, more like a brownie mix is. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature. It must be completely cool before you use it in the next step. Stir in vanilla.
While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. You don’t want any sugar graininess left. Then add the completely cooled milk/flour/vanilla mixture and beat the living daylights out of it. Beat it until it all combines and resembles whipped cream.
OHHH My dad would love these!
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