Canned frosting that isn't nasty?

[Anonymous]

I need to bake a cake this weekend, but several of the people at the party are lactose intolerant so a butter frosting and a cream cheese frosting (both of which I make) are out. Do any of the commercial canned vanilla frostings not taste terrible? I want something to make the field of a flag cake (with blueberries and strawberries for the stars and stripes)

I would also take any easy dairy-free frosting recipes that dont take trips to Whole Foods for ingredients.

[Anonymous]

You can substitute vegetable shortening or coconut oil for butter. The shortening is rather bland, so if you go that route, I would add extra vanilla.

[Anonymous]

Why not skip the frosting and just do a light dust of powdered sugar? It'll taste better against the berries anyway.

[Anonymous]

The whipped kind is really good...for canned. Betty Crocker whipped I think. If you do chocolate make sure you get one that says fudge, it's better than just chocolate.

[Anonymous]

You can make a simple sea foam frosting ... Make a simple syrup with sugar and water on the stove, then add a couple of egg whites and a teaspoon of vanilla extract and whip with your hand mixer. It is cheap, white, easy to spread and very tasty.

[Anonymous]

7 minute icing is my favorite and super easy to make.

[Anonymous]

When I made the flag cake, I used pound cake and cool whip. Can you do something like that instead?

[Anonymous]

Have you considered making two cakes (one dairy and one dairy free) or even individual cupcakes? A bit more trouble, but maybe worth it for the dairy eaters.

[Anonymous]

The Carlos Bakery guy now has a canned version of their frosting. It's excellent. Bought it from SAfeway.

[Anonymous]

Just use Earth Balance spread in place of butter for the frosting (it's vegan).

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks for the suggestions. I was in a time crunch so I took a leap of faith and bought a can of the Duff Goldman white frosting. Fits the bill - not as sweet as most of the canned ones and doesn't seem to have that same chemical taste. It will be fine under the layer of berries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I made the flag cake, I used pound cake and cool whip. Can you do something like that instead?

Cool Whip is gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the suggestions. I was in a time crunch so I took a leap of faith and bought a can of the Duff Goldman white frosting. Fits the bill - not as sweet as most of the canned ones and doesn't seem to have that same chemical taste. It will be fine under the layer of berries.

I was going to suggest Duff! Just saw his stuff was available. I bought some of his cake mixes and fillings (lemon, raspberry) but haven't tested them out yet. Let us know your verdict once the guests all taste!