Curry Frosting
May 30, 2007 by Marye Audet
Filed under Fillings and Frostings, From the Blogs
I snagged this off of the blog of a foodie friend from Grouprecipes.com. In looking at her recipes, I was impressed with her ability to come up with unusual combinations. You can find more of her fabulous ideas at
Paula used this curry frosting with a chocolate cake but I think that I am going to try it with an apple spice cake. The combination of curry buttercream and moist apple spice cake seems to me to be exactly the kind of thing I like, comfort food with a unique twist.
Curry powders vary wildly so experiment to find one you like. We have a natural foods store near by that has spices and herbs in bulk and you buy as little or as much as you like. I prefer this since I can always have very fresh spices at a very small cost.
Curry Frosting
1 1/2 sticks salted butter
3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 Tbsp vanilla
2 tsp curry powder (use your favorite)
4-6 Tbsp milk*
Combine the butter and sugar. Add vanilla and curry, blend. Start with about 4 of the tablespoons of milk. Add more to get the consistancy you need. I needed quite a bit.
*note from Marye, personally I would probably use heavy cream here…I usually have quite a bit of it around since we have our own small dairy goats.
I am so honored that you included this recipe on your blog! Thank you. I’m so happy I thought to write the measurements down for a change.
The apple cake combination sounds fabulous too. I would probably use half and half or cream too, since that’s what I usually have in the house, but was at a friend’s and milk was the option. It works.