Part 1

_Betty Crocker’s_ FROSTING SECRETS

• _Fancy cake decorating_ • _New cake-trimming short cuts_ • _Fabulous party cake ideas_

The Frosting makes the cake and Betty Crocker Frosting Mix makes perfect frosting every time

CONTENTS

Quick frosting tricks 4 Teaspoon scallops • Spatula spirals • Crisscross • Swirly squares • Plaid Cake • Christmas Ball Frosting • Hobnail Fudge Frosting • Glossy Web Teaspoon tricks with frosting mix 6 Bunny • Dahlia • Easy Flowers Cherry Blossom Cake 7 Easy-does-it decorating 8 Decorator icing with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix Cross-stitch Cake 10 Party-pretty Cakes 12 Forget-me-not Cake • Trellis Cake • Daisy Cake • Gift Wrapped Cake Birthday Cakes 14 Birthday Bouquets • Happy Birthday Cake • Flower Garden Cake • Circus Cake Doll Cake 16 Party Petit Fours Holiday Cakes 18 Sugarplum Tree • Clown Cake • Easter Bonnet Cake • Valentine Cake Wedding Cake 20 Quick Homemade Candies 22 Frozen Desserts, Specialty Frostings 23

© 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 discouraged—the practice you’ve had will make your next cake much, much easier. To start, try the quick-as-a-wink tricks that don’t need a decorator set. And try the candies and desserts from our frosting mixes—easy shortcuts to delicious treats! {Betty Crocker}

_P. S._ Before you decorate, you have to _frost_ your cake! These tips will help!

Choose one of our five frosting mixes to be sure of perfect frosting—always creamy-smooth and easy-spreading!

Quick and easy Frosting tricks _no special equipment needed!_

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:

The Frosting on the cake shows you care

_For glamor in a hurry, try these_ Teaspoon Tricks with Frosting Mix!

_Quick Tricks_ with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix.

Easy Flowers with Decorator Icing (p. 9)—or use Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge, Chocolate Malt, or Peanut Creme Frosting Mix. (½ cup makes 5 or 6 flowers.)

A cake’s crowning glory is its Frosting

Cherry Blossom Cake

Your Decorating Set

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.

Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix makes a wonderful can’t-fail Decorator Icing

No need to make up a special separate batch of icing to decorate your cake! One package makes plenty to frost your cake and decorate it, too:

To 1 cup prepared Fluffy White Frosting...

Blend in 1 to 1½ cups _sifted_ confectioners’ sugar (add a little at a time until frosting is stiff enough to hold its shape)....

Blend in 1 tbsp. soft butter and a dash of salt.

Note: Increase sugar and butter when using more than 1 cup frosting.

_Is it thick enough? Is it thin enough?_ Try a little with the tip you plan to use. If too thin, blend in a little more confectioners’ sugar. If too thick, blend in a drop or two of water.

HOW TO USE YOUR CONE

Try out your decorator set with our CROSS-STITCH CAKE

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 frosting off the pan and put it back in your cone.

_Let’s get started!_

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 rosettes with #96 flower tip. Use #4 writing tip for flower centers.

TO MAKE ROSES:

Pansies: Use #104 petal tip. Hold cone with wide end of tip on cake. Make 2 flat petals, side by side. Add two smaller petals over larger petals. Connect with 1 larger petal. Add center.

Sweet Peas: Use #104 petal tip. Hold cone at 30° angle. Make one curved upright petal. Repeat on each side, making petals slightly flatter.

4 quick and easy cakes—party pretty!

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.

1 Use Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9). Tint rest pale green and frost cake.

2 Make trellis using 1 cup icing and #4 writing tip. Make parallel rows about ¼″ apart. Repeat at right angles for trellis effect.

3 Tint half of icing green. Make wreath of leaves all the way around the trellis using #68 leaf tip.

4 Tint rest of icing yellow. Make small yellow roses (p. 10). Add green leaves with #68 leaf tip and stems with #4 writing tip.

Bake a Softasilk Lovelight Cake for these gay frosting daisies.

1 Use Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1 cup for Decorator Icing (p. 9). Tint rest pale yellow and frost cake.

2 Use all but ¼ cup icing to make pretty white daisies around the border and sides of cake. Use #28 star tip.

3 Tint part of icing light green. Make leaves, using #68 leaf tip.

4 Tint rest of icing yellow. Make daisy centers with #4 writing tip.

1 Bake cake in oblong pan, 13×9½×2″. Cut in half crosswise; split each half in 2 layers. Spread favorite filling between. Use 1 pkg. Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting. Mix to frost cake, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint ½ cup icing pink. Make ribbon and bow, using #104 petal tip.

3 Tint ¼ cup icing green. Make stems with #4 tip; leaves with #68 leaf tip.

4 Use ½ cup white icing for blossoms with #104; use #4 for lilies-of-the-valley.

5 Tint ¼ cup icing yellow. Make rosettes with #96 tip.

A cake without Frosting is like a birthday without a cake!

Birthday Cakes

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.

1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint ½ cup icing yellow. Use ½ cup white. Cover cake with shaded pansies (p. 11) by putting icings into cone side by side (yellow on side of narrow end of tip).

3 Tint ⅓ cup icing green. Make trellis around side of cake using #4 writing tip. Add a few leaves with #68 leaf tip.

4 Make rosettes with #96 flower tip and rest of white icing.

1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 1 cup for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint the 1 cup icing pink.

3 With about ⅓ icing write Happy Birthday on top of cake using #4 writing tip.

4 Make a scallop border around top and bottom edges using #28 star tip.

5 Use same tip to make stars around edge of plate (at least 2″ away from cake) for each candle. Connect with scallops.

1 Frost cake with Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting.

2 Divide Betty Crocker Peanut Creme Frosting into 4 parts; tint red, yellow, green, and blue. Make ring and animal stands around top of cake using #28 star tip and yellow frosting.

3 Use animal crackers for animals, straws for uprights of 11″ paper canopy, and a candy stick for center.

4 Decorate sides of cake with other circus attractions using #4 writing tip and #28 star tip with the frostings.

Here’s a triumph for you! Doll Cake

Bake a Betty Crocker Angel Food Cake Mix in a 10″ tube pan _OR_ bake three 8″ cake layers and 12 cupcakes using 2 pkg. Betty Crocker White Cake Mix. Set cake on a cardboard circle cut to fit. Trim just enough to give a rounded effect for skirt. Wrap doll below waist with aluminum foil or pliofilm. Set in hole in center of cake (for layers, cut hole in centers so doll can stand waist deep).

To decorate: Make Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix as directed on pkg. Save 2 tbsp. and add 2 to 3 tbsp. _sifted_ confectioners’ sugar. Tint rest of frosting light pink. Frost cake thinly saving 1½ cups tinted frosting. Make Decorator Icing (p. 9). Use ¼ cup tinted icing with #68 leaf tip to make 5 rows of scallop design for ruffled skirt. Tint icing slightly deeper pink, use half with same tip to continue scallop design. Tint remaining icing deeper pink and complete skirt. Use #28 star tip with pink and white icing for flower trim on skirt and nosegay.

Note: Cupcakes may be frosted to serve at party, in addition to Doll Cake, or make Petit Fours.

Party Petit Fours

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 Frosting

Frosting makes a cake an occasion!

1 For centerpiece shape cardboard cone 15″ tall by 10″ in diameter at base, or for a dessert, bake cake in tiered pans, shaving sides for tree shape.

2 Frost with _stiffly beaten_ Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting, saving 1 cup for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

3 Divide icing into 3 parts; tint in Christmas colors. Use #28 star tip for canes, #68 leaf tip in overlapping fashion for wreaths, and #96 flower tip for stars.

4 To shape decorations by hand: Add enough sifted confectioners’ sugar for easy handling. Use your own ideas.

1 Use 2 pkg Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix, saving 3 cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9). Tint pale yellow; frost 9″ layers on 12″ base. Frost base to resemble hat brim. Make “straw” design by pressing fork into frosting.

2 Tint 1 cup icing mauve with red and blue food coloring. Make ribbon using #104 petal tip. Frost double strip of foil for streamer.

3 Tint 1 cup icing pink. Make sweet peas (p. 11). Make rosettes using #96 flower tip and ½ cup white icing.

4 Tint rest of icing green. Add leaves with #68 leaf tip.

1 Make cake in 8″ layers, saving ¼ cup batter to pour in prepared 3″ custard cup. Bake cupcake with cake _15 to 20 min._

2 Use Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix. Save 1½ cups; tint rest light green; frost cake, heaping frosting in mounds on top for ruffle.

3 Frost cupcake white; set in center of cake. Top with frosted cone for hat.

4 Make Decorator Icing (p. 9) with rest of frosting. Tint ¼ cup pink. Make hat brim and ruff using #28 star tip. Add white trim with #96 flower tip. Decorate with gumdrops.

1 Bake cake in one 8″ sq. pan and one 8″ layer pan. Cut round in half; fit to square for heart shape. Use 2 pkg. Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix to frost cake, saving 1½ cups for Decorator Icing (p. 9).

2 Tint 1¼ cups icing pink. Make border using #28 star tip. Use #4 writing tip for message.

3 Make roses (p. 10) using rest of pink icing. Arrange roses attractively on cake.

4 Tint ¼ cup icing green. Add leaves using #68 leaf tip and stems using #4 writing tip.

Wedding Cake

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 6 layers.

To assemble cake: Make 2 pkg. Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting Mix. Put two 12″ layers together with frosting on serving plate. Frost sides and top. Place 9″ cardboard circle on top; then the 9″ layers put together with frosting. Make 2 more pkg. frosting mix. Frost sides and top of 9″ layers. Place 6″ cardboard circle on top. Repeat with 6″ layers. Mix another pkg. frosting mix. Make four times amount Decorator Icing (p. 9), using vegetable shortening instead of butter.

To decorate cake:

1 Make scroll design for border around top and base of each layer, using #96 flower tip.

2 Make swag design around layers, using #68 leaf tip in overlapping motion.

3 Decorate top layer with lily-of-the-valley flowers and stems with #4 writing tip. Add leaves with #68 leaf tip.

4 Make roses (p. 10) and place around cake.

5 Select a special decoration for top of cake, such as bride and groom, lovebirds, wedding bells, or ribbon.

To serve cake: Remove top tier. Cut vertically around and through the center tier at the edge of the 6″ cardboard round. Cut slices of cake and serve. Remove the cardboard. Cut remaining round of cake in wedge-shaped pieces. Cut bottom tier the same way, using the 6″ cardboard round as guide for cutting center of cake. _Serves about 70._

More fun with Frosting Mixes _Quick Homemade Candies_

Make fudge as directed on pkg. using 1 pkg. Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge and 1 pkg. Betty Crocker Peanut Creme Frosting Mix. Pour into buttered 8″ sq. pan, in two layers. Makes 64 1″ pieces.

Make fudge as directed on Betty Crocker Peanut Creme Frosting Mix pkg., adding 2 tbsp. instant coffee. Stir in 1½ cups toasted coconut after cooking. Drop with teaspoon onto waxed paper. Let set.

Make fudge as directed on Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting Mix pkg. Add 2 cups whole toasted almonds. Drop with teaspoon onto waxed paper. Allow to set until firm, or chill.

Make fudge as directed on Betty Crocker Chocolate Malt Frosting Mix pkg. Stir in 1 cup miniature marshmallows and ½ cup chopped nuts. Pour into buttered 8″ sq. pan. When set, cut into 32 pieces.

NEW FROZEN DESSERTS

Frozen desserts, too, can be made from Betty Crocker instant frosting mixes.

Frozen Fudge Pie

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.

Chocolate Mousse

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 dishes, garnish with toasted almonds. _8 to 10 servings._

[1]Use other half pkg. for sauce ... directions on the pkg.

NEW FROSTING FLAVORS

To Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Frosting, add ...

• ¼ tsp. peppermint flavoring or ... • 1 tbsp. powdered instant coffee or ... • 1 tbsp. grated orange rind

To Betty Crocker Fluffy White Frosting, add ...

• 1 tbsp. grated orange rind and ½ cup finely cut-up coconut or ... • ¼ cup mashed ripe bananas or ... • 1 tsp. cinnamon or • ½ cup chopped nuts or • 1½ cups raisins, and 2 tbsp. coarsely grated orange rind.

Toasted Nut Fluff Frosting

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. You get all five tips shown on page 8, and a flower nail, plus three sturdy plastic lined fabric decorating cones. To get your set, just send $1.00 (no stamps please) to General Mills Inc., Dept. 145, 623 Marquette Ave., Mpls. 2, Minn. Limited supply—offer expires Sept. 1959.

_Betty Crocker_ has 5 perfect frosting mixes for you!

Isn’t it a joy to know your frosting _can’t_ fail—can’t turn grainy or runny or too stiff? With our mixes, you can be sure of a perfect, creamy-smooth, easy-spreading frosting every time. They’re lickin’ good! And when you add up the cost of the ingredients you’d use, you’ll see our mixes can save you money, too!

_Have you tried them all?_

“I guarantee a perfect frosting every time!”