The Frosting makes the cake and Betty Crocker F rosting Mix makes perfect frosting every time © 1958 General Mills, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. Welcome! Come join us in the fun of frosting glamorous decorated cakes! It’s surprising how easy it is, once you get the knack of it. Our Fluffy White Frosting Mix is a big help—it makes a decorator icing that’s always smooth and easy-flowing. Your very first cake will be pretty enough to be proud of! And if it isn’t absolutely perfect, please don’t be discou

With a fork, spoon, spatula, or a piece of string, you can make your frosting “fancy” ... as the simple ideas on these pages show. And with our Betty Crocker Frosting Mixes, you can be sure of perfect frosting—always just right to handle easily. Use Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Malt, or Peanut Creme Frosting Mix for these tricks: Scallops —With teaspoon inverted, press tip into frosted cake. Repeat in rows across cake for all over design. Spiral —Hold spatula at center of frosted cak

Quick Tricks with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix. Bunny: Tint ½ cup frosting pink. Fill teaspoon with frosting; with second spoon, ease off mounds of frosting for body and head of bunny. Dabs of white frosting make “cottontail” and ears. Add cinnamon candy eyes and coconut whiskers. Dahlia: Tint 1 cup frosting yellow. Drop 10 mounds of frosting around center of cake. Draw out with spoon to make petal shapes. Add 10 smaller mounds for second layer of petals, pulling tips up with spoon. S

Cherry Blossom Cake: Use Betty Crocker Cherry Fluff Frosting Mix. Frost cake. Save ½ cup frosting; tint deeper pink with red food coloring. Half-fill teaspoon; with second teaspoon, ease each petal onto cake. Sprinkle centers with yellow sugar. Many different decorating tips are available—but these basic 5 will make all the glamor cakes shown in this book. If you have a set, select these tips by their numbers. Or you can get this basic set for $1.00 ... see details on p. 23 . #4 writing tip ...

1 Fit tip tightly into cone with one finger. Fill about half full. Fold top to keep icing in. 2 Hold near top of cone. Use other hand to guide tip. For most work, hold cone at 45° angle. 3 For drop flowers and rosettes, hold cone straight up and down. Press out icing, twist cone, and release. Here is a simple-to-start with cake that lets you have fun trying out all the decorator tips. Tip: have an inverted cake pan handy, to try a few practice strokes on the back. Afterwards, you can scrape the

Bake cake in 15½×10½×1″ pan at 350° (mod. oven) for 25 min. Use 1 pkg. Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix to frost cake; save 1½ cups for Decorator Icing ( p. 9 ). Tint ½ cup icing pale green. Make ABC’s and cross-stitch trim using #28 star tip. Use #4 writing tip for signature and date. Make a few flower stems in corners. Add leaves with #68 leaf tip. Tint ½ cup icing pink. Make roses, pansies, sweet peas using #104 petal tip (see below and next page ). Tint ½ cup icing yellow. Make rosett

Forget-Me-Not Cake 1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Cherry Fluff Frosting Mix, saving 1 cup for Decorator Icing ( p. 9 ) before adding cherries. 2 Tint ½ cup icing light blue. Make forget-me-nots using #104 petal tip. Hold cone with wide end of tip on cake. Make petal. Repeat, overlapping petals. 3 Tint 1 tbsp. icing yellow; make forget-me-not centers with #4 writing tip. 4 Tint rest of icing light green. Make stems using #4 writing tip. Make leaves using #68 leaf tip. Overlap leaves for border.

Birthday Bouquets 1 Frost 12 to 18 cupcakes with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing ( p. 9 ). 2 Tint ½ cup icing pink. Make rose ( p. 10 ) in center of each cupcake. 3 Tint ⅓ cup icing light blue. Make rosettes with #96 flower tip. 4 Tint 3 tbsp. icing light green. Add leaves with #68 leaf tip. 5 Make border around edge with #28 star tip and rest of white icing. Flower Garden Cake 1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1½ cups f

Bake your favorite cake in a greased and floured jelly roll pan, 15½×10½×1″, at 350° about 25 minutes. Cool in pan. Spread thinly with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing ( p. 9 ). Cut small shapes. Trim with flowers, scallops, ribbons or bows to suit your fancy! A cake’s party dress is its F rosting F rosting makes a cake an occasion! Sugarplum Tree 1 For centerpiece shape cardboard cone 15″ tall by 10″ in diameter at base, or for a dessert, bake cake in tier

To bake cake: Heat oven to 350° (mod.). Grease and flour three layer pans. Use 12″ layer, 9″ layer, and 6″ layer—1½″ deep. Make 2 pkg. Betty Crocker White Cake Mix. Increase mixing time 1½ times. Divide batter among pans—about ½″ deep in each. Bake 12″ layer 30 to 40 min. Cool in pan. Refrigerate other two layers until 12″ layer is done. Bake 9″ layer near rear of oven 30 to 35 min. , 6″ layer near front 25 to 30 min. Repeat above directions, using two more pkg. white cake mix, making a total of

Frozen desserts, too, can be made from Betty Crocker instant frosting mixes. Bake a 9″ pie shell. Choose either Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Malt, or Peanut Creme Frosting Mix. Make ½ pkg.[1] frosting as directed on pkg. Blend 1½ cups whipping cream with frosting; beat until stiff. Pour into pie shell. Freeze until firm. Make ½ pkg. [1] Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting Mix. Blend 1½ cups whipping cream with frosting; beat until stiff. Chill for several hours. Serve in sherbet d

To Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting, add ... To Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting, add ... Frost oblong cake with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix. Sprinkle ½ cup chopped nuts over the top. Just before serving, place in very hot (500°) oven for 3 to 5 min. or until lightly browned. Serve immediately. EASY-DOES-IT DECORATING SET FOR $1.00 To help you discover the fun of frosting “glamor” cakes, we’ve assembled this special set of professional-quality nickel-plated decorator tips. Y

Perfect! Yes, every mix we make for you will come out perfect, or send the box top to Betty Crocker, Box 200, Minneapolis, Minn., and General Mills will send your money back. Betty Crocker...