Divine 8 minute frosting with spice cupcakes

Divine 8 minute frosting with spice cupcakes

One of my favorite cooks is Paula Deen tonight I renovated one of her recipes to make it my own.  She has a recipe called 7 minute frosting, since I didn’t have all the ingredients called for I used what I had and tried to make it a little healthier.  Note- make sure you use real maple syrup it has many health benefits http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20464527,00.html. This is a gooey frosting that goes great with pumpkin, spice or even cinnamon rolls.

Divine 8 minute frosting

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups raw sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon of maple syrup
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 egg whites
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions

Place  raw sugar, maple syrup, salt, water, and egg whites in the top of a double boiler.(Note if you don’t know what double boiler means watch this video you don’t need anything special just put a glass bowl over a boiling pot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oErvsmSxWU) Beat with a handheld electric mixer for 1 minute. Place pan over boiling water, being sure that boiling water does not touch the bottom of the top pan. (If this happens, it could cause your frosting to become grainy). Beat constantly on high speed with electric mixer for 8 minutes. Beat in vanilla.

For the cupcakes I found this recipe on http://www.astheforestegrows.com/

Ingredients

1 box of Spice cake mix

15 oz can of pumpkin

Directions

Mix with spatula use an ice cream scooper to fill up paper liners bake for18-22 minutes at 350 degrees. This makes 18 cupcakes.