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Recipe updated July 12th, 2016
I’ve often been asked if it would work to just take the cocoa powder out of one of my low carb frosting recipes and use it for a white frosting. Um, no. To keep the bulk and texture of the original recipe, you’d have to add something to replace the cocoa powder, and your options are kind of limited if you’re following a low carb diet. That’s why it was imperative for me to come up with a white frosting recipe that can be tinted and used for decorating cakes. This one works, folks! I used it to decorate my Showstopper Valentine Cake, and it’s so yummy!
First off, let me apologize for my horrific frosting job. I could pretend I went for a shabby chic look (emphasis on “shabby”), but the sad reality is that I have no experience piping roses on cakes. I don’t think I used a big enough decorating tip. Check out this video tutorial if you want some help so your roses don’t look like mine…haha.
I think it’s kind of a cute cake, though. And it sure tasted good! This whipped cream frosting is nice and light and fluffy, but it holds its shape well thanks to the fact that it is stabilized with gelatin. You can tint it different colors and/or flavor it. I used 2 drops of red food coloring to tint my frosting a festive pink for Valentine’s Day, and I flavored it with a few drops of Lorann Royal Raspberry Flavor Oil. These potent oils are great for flavoring things like frostings because only a few drops are needed. You can find Lorann products online or at a local cake decorating store. My local cake store has shelves upon shelves of these oils in all kinds of flavors and I have a very hard time dragging myself away from the display. So many possibilities…
If you want a white buttercream frosting, I actually have a recipe for one (and I used it to frost sugar cookies and as filling in some chocolate whoopee pies I made…say WHAT??). It’s just not posted yet and it might be a cookbook exclusive, so stay tuned. I’m so mean, aren’t I? 😛
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You can find this recipe in my cookbook, Necessary Food.
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 2-3 doonks THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder (a doonk is 1/32 tsp.)*
- Dash salt
- Dash vanilla extract
- (Optional) 2 drops red food coloring
- (Optional) 4 drops Lorann Royal Raspberry Flavor Oil
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- 2 T hot tap water
- 1 tsp. Knox gelatin**
- Add the cream, stevia, salt, vanilla, and any additional colorings or extracts to a mixing bowl.
- Whisk the gelatin into the hot water just until dissolved, then pour it into the cream mixture and start beating it with a hand mixer immediately. Beat until a stiff whipped cream texture is reached. Frost your desired (chilled) item or chill the frosting a bit to firm up a little before using it for piping. Yields enough frosting to frost the outside of a 2 layer cake.
**I recommend using Knox gelatin in this frosting because I've found it to dissolve better than Great Lakes or THM Just Gelatin. If you decide to use one of the latter two, add an extra ¼ tsp. because they're not quite as strong as Knox gelatin.
This recipe was updated July 12th, 2016.
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Looks delicious! What cake recipe did you use in this beautiful cake?
This one: https://www.briana-thomas.com/basic-white-cake/
This Showstopper Valentine Cake includes the cake, frosting, and a filling: https://www.briana-thomas.com/showstopper-valentine-cake/
Do you have to keep this refrigerated if you make it the day before you serve it?
Yes, I would refrigerate it since it’s made out of cream. 🙂
I used this to decorate my baby girl’s birthday cake today. It turned out great! Thank you!
Can you please explain how to do a doonk? I have no idea how to measure 3/32 tsp for 3 doonks!
Stevia typically comes with a little spoon that is 1/32 tsp., or equal to one “doonk”. 🙂 You’ll need three of those for this recipe. Since it’s so concentrated, it kind of has its own measurement system! 1/32 tsp. is usually the size of the “Smidgen” measurement if you have a set of measuring spoons for “Dash”, “Pinch”, and “Smidgen”. It’s super tiny!
Does plain gelatin work? What is knox gelatin?
Knox gelatin is the plain pork gelatin that you can find at most grocery stores. 🙂 I usually purchase it in bulk off of Amazon here (affiliate link) >> https://www.briana-thomas.com/recommends/knox-plain-bulk-gelatin/
My comment for the day, I think your pipeable whipped cream cake frosting looks beautiful! ?
Aw, thank you, Julie!
How long will this frosting last? Will it still be pipeable if I put it in the fridge overnight? I want to make it ahead for cupcakes, and then frost the cupcakes the day before my son’s birthday party.
It will get too hard to pipe in the fridge, but maybe if you let it set out on the counter to warm up a little it would work to make it ahead like you suggested. Having never done it, I’m really not sure.
um…would you care to clarify these instructions a little more…I let the gelatin water mixture cool a little but when I added it to the cream it immediately turned into gelatin strings and that was the end of my 1 1/2 cups of cream and my chance of frosting my cupcakes for a Mothers Day dinner. Was the gelatin just still to hot?
I doubt it was too hot. As long as you don’t let the gelatin completely gel before adding it to the cream, it should work fine. If you try again, I would try adding all your other ingredients, start beating slowly with a hand mixer, and pour in the gelatin mixture as you are beating. I’m sorry; I don’t know what caused your problem. I never ran into that and I haven’t heard that anyone else has either.
well, maybe i will try it again someday. I asked someone on the facebook page and they said also said they started beating the cream and then poured the gelatin in right beside the beaters. My cream was pretty cold. But I tried heating it a little to melt the gelatin but then the cream wouldn’t whip up so that wasn’t the answer either. I did however find another frosting recipe that I was able to use so not all was lost. Thanks.
I’m glad you were able to find something that worked. I’m sorry this recipe didn’t work out for you!
Hi Briana,
Just discovered your website and love it :). When you use “doonks” of THM Pure Stevia Extract Powder am I able to substitute liquid organic Stevia that I have from Trader Joe’s? Jacquie
Hi Jacquie! You’re welcome to use whatever sweetener you like and have on hand, but measurements will likely vary so you’ll need to do everything to taste (which is the safest way to cook anyway…haha). Always start with less than you think you’ll need, then add more and taste as you go.