Miracle Frosting

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

This old-time recipe miraculously transforms as you beat it, but it needed a little modern-day help.

SERVES Makes about 4 cups (enough for two 9-inch cake layers)

TIME 40 minutes, plus 2 hours cooling and 1 hour resting

Miracle Frosting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To produce our Miracle Frosting, we started by heating and stirring flour and milk into a thick paste, beating together sticks of butter and granulated sugar, adding the paste, and continuing to beat. To firm the icing and make it more spre...

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