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This frosting recipe has a lot of things going for it. It is fast, super light, smooth and creamy on the tongue (very similar to a 7 minute frosting, but so much easier). Neatest of all, is that it is flavored with jello, so you can make it in ANY Jello flavor you like...watermelon? blueberry? pina colada? Kids will LOVE this frosting.
3 ounce pkg. of Jello (favorite flavor)
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg white
1 teaspoon vanilla
Place the above ingredients in a large GLASS OR METAL mixing bowl (OF A STAND MIXER). Turn the mixer on high just as you add ½ cup of boiling water. Whip on high for five minutes and you will get this:
NOTE: This recipe only seems to work if you use a stand mixer, with whisk attachment. Also, make sure you use a glass or metal mixing bowl, do not try this with a plastic bowl.NOTE: This recipe makes enough to frost 24 cupcakes, or a 9 x 13 cake. If you are going to do any piping or edges, you might have to double the recipe.
NOTE: This frosting pipes beautifully and holds its shape well. Like any 7 minute type frosting, it does get a little sticky/tacky the second day, so its best if you make it the day you want to serve it. If you have to make it the night before, just store it in an airtight container that doesn't touch the frosting.
NOTE: This frosting has so many fun possibilities for birthday cakes/cupcakes. It would also make a wonderful filling.
29 comments:
Wow! I am glad to see this recipe. I can see great possibilities for something like this. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing Coleen. I am thinking to make some frosting for cupcakes and your recipe looks good :)
What a wonderful idea. This is a must try recipe. My grandkids will love it, I'm sure. Now to try and decide on a flavor. ;-)
TFS
Donna
That looks really fun! The kids will love it. I buy jello (an off-brand, actually) online in packs with a bunch of different flavors. There are some different ones it would be fun to try this with: peach, sour apple, blueberry. Thanks for sharing! Kelly
I can't wait to try this. It looks so yummy. I think lots of adults will love this, too.
i can't wait to try this, a family pleaser for sure!
Oooo, this will be fun with all those flavors out there!
VERY cool! Pina colada sounds yummy!
~ingrid
How creative! I make "rainbow jello" which has become the one recipe that attracts visitors to my blog, so this recipe is a neat twist on how to use jello! I love using jello around color-themed holidays (St. Patty's, Christmas, Easter) because you can choose any color you want! Thanks for the great recipe and post!
Very clever idea. It looks so fluffy and creamy and your piping is wonderful. I don't want to make a whole batch, I just want to steal a cupcake of yours!
Yum!!! Snowed in and looking to make something sweet with ingredients that I had in the pantry. Turned out great!!! Thank you:)
this looks nice & fluffy -- im going to try w. an angel food cake!! thanks =0)
I made this yesterday. You're right it becomes sticky after sitting at room temperature for a few hours. I think this is best eaten soon after you frost the cupcakes.
Made the kid friendly jello frosting today with Strawberry. It tasted amazing!! We loved the flavor! The color was great too. But I could not get mine to thicken up like your's did to pipe it. I beat it for 10 mins and it was still soupy. I even tried some cornstarch but that didn't work either :( It's alright though I just served the cupcakes in dessert bowls and poured it over!! Thanks for the recipe!
To Anonymous: Did you do it in a plastic bowl? It could be that grease on plastic bowls or utensils was the problem. Next time, try a glass or metal bowl.
i love the idea but it did not work for me and i even did it in a metal bowl....
Hi Coleen, oh I love you! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I have a hand mixer (Hamilton Beach, bought a while back for $15) and was nervous about trying the recipe since you had said to use stand mixer. But even with my little hand mixer, I got great frosting - fluffy and stiff! I used a little less than 1/2 cup boiling water (because my bowl turned out to be small) and I whipped the mixture for an additional 2 mins. The only thing that could improve was that the granulated sugar hadn't dissolved completely and I could taste it in the frosting. Any tips on what might have been the cause? Please do reply and advise. Thanks! - Neelu
To Neelu: I've never had the problem of being able to taste sugar granules. I am guessing that a larger bowl and a full half cup of BOILING water is the trick. Good luck, Coleen
Hi Coleen, thanks for taking the time to respond. A followup question - I had added the boiling water a little at a time. Do you think that might have caused the sugar to not dissolve properly? Should I put all the water at the beginning? Thanks again, Neelu
Yes, put all of the boiling water in at once.
I made this frosting with a hand mixer and also halved the recipe, I don't like too much frosting on my cupcakes, it turned out beautifully and tasted great! (I made strawberry)
I just made and posted about this today, what a fun project! Thanks for sharing:@)
I came over from Lynn's.
Will the icing hold up for a few hours?
To Kathleen: The icing will hold up for a couple days easily, although it will form a "skin" on it. If you don't want the "skin" which can be sticky to cut through, just cover the cake and no "skin" will form.
I had an issue with the frosting not forming peeks had to add 4 teaspoons corn starch to thicken it up. I was using a Kitchen Aid 4 1/2 quart metal bowl. Any ideas on how to do this without the corn starch?
To clb1484: I have never had this recipe fail on me.
Isn't the uncooked egg whites harmful? I would love to try this but I'm not sure I would want my kids to eat uncooked egg whites. :S
To anonymous: Read the recipe again, you add BOILING water to the egg whites, that means they are no longer raw.
Saw this on Pinterest. Looks so yummy! Maybe this will be an excuse to buy a free standing mixer =)
-caroline @ c.w.frosting
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