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Frosting - House-Made and ready to use

Gluten-free, dairy-free, ready to use!

 

Manufactured in-store, this basic frosting is perfect for colouring and flavouring. Made from vegetable shortening, icing sugar and water, the frosting holds up perfectly in our climate and is pure white.  

Read about the benefits of using our frosting in hot and humid weather and creative ways to use it on our blog!

Your frosting is ready to use, so it does not need to be whipped or stirred unless you are adding colouring or flavouring. Even then, it only needs to be stirred until your extra ingredients are combined.

The beauty of frosting is that it is NOT buttercream. It has a higher melting point than buttercream and is best stored at between 15-25 degrees. It is shelf-stable so does not need refrigeration.

If you do plan to refrigerate your frosting, keep in mind it will harden and need to be brought back to a soft, room temperature consistency to make an enjoyable eating experience.

In the winter, or if you've stored your frosting for a couple of weeks, it may become a little firmer. To bring back the silky smooth feel before piping or decorating, add a tablespoon of boiled water and stir the water through the frosting. You can also use the microwave in short 10 second bursts to reduce stiffness.

Store at between 15-25 degrees. It is shelf-stable so does not need refrigeration. Shelf life of approximately 2 weeks from date of manufacture. Use within 3 days of opening.

We recommend collection in-store or local area delivery only.

It's not ideal to have frosting shipped, as we can't control the temperature of the facilities or vehicles it will be stored in.

Pure icing sugar, tapioca starch, vegetable shortening (vegetable oil, emulsifiers (435, 471), antioxidant (307b)), water. Contains soy. Please note that although this product contains no gluten or dairy, it is manufactured using kitchen facilities that are shared with other recipes containing eggs, wheat, dairy, soy, and nuts. Therefore our frosting and any of our other in-house manufactured items may contain traces of any of these ingredients.

Size: 500g

$9.95

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  • 5 stars: 49 (94%)
  • 4 stars: 2 (4%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (2%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
K
Kathleen

This frosting is always amazing!

T
Tracey

Tastes fabulous and easy to work with - great product.

K
Kate W.
Perfect for decorating the bday cake one less

Perfect for decorating the bday cake one less stress towards getting it done. Plus there was left over cake and icing so win win.

M
Margaret C.
Best frosting in hot weather

House-Made Frosting is perfect for working with in this dreadful heat as well as through the rest of the year.

D
D.D.

Perfect! Tasty! Fresh! Holds its shspe well in Brisbane Weather

D
D.D.

Perfect frosting for Brisbane weather. It doesn’t melt like buttercream does and holds it shape really well. It’s super easy to create beautiful frosting patterns on your cakes and it tastes absolutely delicious! It tastes sweet, fresh and home-made without the factory machine like flavour that supermarket brands have.

T
Tracey D.K.
Simply the Best

I have tried making my own but honestly for perfection every time it is easier to use SC house made frosting. Holds up well in our climate, easy to work with and tastes great

K
Kristi G.
So helpful.

The staff are always so willing to spend time, talking you through all aspects of your process. Just so helpful, every time.

M
Manuela T.
Best Frosting Ever!!!!

Have been using this frosting for years and it has always been perfect every-time!! Takes the stress out of doing it yourself.
Highly recommend!!

B
Brett L.
The best cake mix and frosting

Awesome tasting, fool proof cakes.

S
Sheridan P.
Great information

Sarah-Jane and her team are so helpful. Thank you xo

M
Michaela D.
Class: Valentine's cupcake decorating
Great product

The frosting was great to use and super tasty.

Z
Zechariah S.
Perfect!

Easy to use, worked well in the humidity!

N
Nicole H.
A++ product

An amazing product. Tastes great and is so easy to use

J
Joanne C.
Ready Made Frosting

The frosting was convenient and easy to use. I did need to get extra as the dark mud cake showed through the frosting so needed a thicker layer.

C
Camilla M.
Amazing!

Everyone at work was raving about the cake I made for a colleague’s birthday from your awesome bake at home options. Thanks so much 😍

C
Carly B.
Awesome advice

I always come to studio cakes when I need to make a birthday cake for one of my children.

The staff always provide amazing advice and have the right products to get the job done too!!!
Cant recommend enough:)

E
Elizabeth K.
Class: Looking forward to attending a class
This is fabulous frosting

I've never made a wedding cake before, let alone needed to decorate one.
The help and advice I got from Studio Cakes who suggested this frosting was great. The ease of using this frosting was fabulous. I had been having multiple failures with making the butter icing, this frosting took the pressure right off me. I have already been sharing my experience with friends.

E
Elizabeth M.
Dairy free frosting

Had to make dairy free birthday cake and wanted a buttercream frosting. So I bought the ready made frosting made with shortening. It has a great texture and stays set at room temperature and most importantly has a great flavor. Highly recommend.

T
Tyrone O.
1st birthday cake

I recently visited your store to attempt to make my sons first birthday cake. I have zero experience and staff there were absolutely amazing. A young lady served me and couldn’t be more helpful! I had a few hand written notes from her and enough supplies to head home and start baking. The cake took me four hours but was well worth it!

A
Ann R.
The only place to go for cake making

The staff at studio cakes are wonderful. They are friendly and happy to share their knowledge. I would highly recommend Studio Cakes

S
Sue F.
Frosting

Awesome will definitely be back to get more.

M
Michele M.
Great service from Studio Cakes

Marcus and Sarah Jane were very helpful and knowledgable

P
Paula T.
Great product and service

Easy to spread and taste delicious. I usually make my own but being time poor this was a great option.

N
Nicole L.
Frosting

The frosting worked great! Saved me the melted mess of a 2 hour drive with buttercream. Tasted nice, but very sweet - it’s icing though, so expertly, I was using it for a semi naked cake so it was balanced well - may be too sweet for a fully covered cake however. Easy enough to work with but did need a little more work than my buttercream. Perfectly pure white, but most importantly saved me time!

Thanks so much for your review Nic! If you're finding the icing a little sweet for your taste, you can always add a little vanilla essence or other flavouring. We like to keep the ingredients nice and simple, so it is as versatile as possible.

I've got a blog post here about four different flavours I made recently with frosting as a base - yum!

www.studiocakes.com.au/blogs/real-weddings/frosting-four-ways

~Sarah-Jane

A
Anissa
Simply The Best Buttercream

Have you ever fought work buttercream to achieve black or red? Well fight no more. Use this buttercream as a base and you'll achieve the greatest black or red.

S
Susan W.

Frosting - House-Made and ready to use

M
Mandy D.
White frosting

I always appreciate the advice available at the store. However, I am not a fan of this frosting. I found it tricky to work with as a base for a cake. It came off the cake, bringing many crumbs with it. I also found it very greasy. I won’t buy it again.

Hi Mandy!

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the frosting. I understand, as we all have our personal preferences when it comes to our favourite icing types!

Just for any future reference, here are a couple of tips that I follow to get the best result when working with our house-made frosting:
- Frosting is best kept at a cool room temperature. Sometimes frosting can become stiff in colder weather or if it is refrigerated.
- If you're finding your frosting too stiff and it is grabbing crumbs, you can refresh it back to the perfect spreadable consistency by stirring through a small splash of boiled water (about a tablespoon to 500g would work great).
- A thin spread of frosting applied to the cake will assist in capturing those pesky crumbs (also known as a crumb coat). Then you can apply a final frosting finish over the top without having the crumbs visibly appear.
- Another tip in dealing with crumbs is to chill your cake first.
- Finally, the frosting is a crusting icing, so it will set with a thin crust once left at room temperature. Because of this, it's best to ice the cake in one sitting and apply any decorations while the frosting is freshly applied.

It can take some getting used to when you change from another icing type to frosting, and sometimes people prefer to stick with what they know and love. For us, we love the perfectly white colouring of frosting and how it is matched so well with our climate comparatively to other dairy based soft icings. It can also be flavoured in any way you like with a touch of essence, syrup or even freeze-dried fruit!

I hope this helps and thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review!

Sarah-Jane

J
Janelle S.
House made frosting

I decided to try your house made frosting and was very pleased with the texture and great taste.

  • 5 stars: 49 (94%)
  • 4 stars: 2 (4%)
  • 3 stars: 1 (2%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
K
Kathleen

This frosting is always amazing!

T
Tracey

Tastes fabulous and easy to work with - great product.

K
Kate W.
Perfect for decorating the bday cake one less

Perfect for decorating the bday cake one less stress towards getting it done. Plus there was left over cake and icing so win win.

M
Margaret C.
Best frosting in hot weather

House-Made Frosting is perfect for working with in this dreadful heat as well as through the rest of the year.

D
D.D.

Perfect! Tasty! Fresh! Holds its shspe well in Brisbane Weather

D
D.D.

Perfect frosting for Brisbane weather. It doesn’t melt like buttercream does and holds it shape really well. It’s super easy to create beautiful frosting patterns on your cakes and it tastes absolutely delicious! It tastes sweet, fresh and home-made without the factory machine like flavour that supermarket brands have.

T
Tracey D.K.
Simply the Best

I have tried making my own but honestly for perfection every time it is easier to use SC house made frosting. Holds up well in our climate, easy to work with and tastes great

K
Kristi G.
So helpful.

The staff are always so willing to spend time, talking you through all aspects of your process. Just so helpful, every time.

M
Manuela T.
Best Frosting Ever!!!!

Have been using this frosting for years and it has always been perfect every-time!! Takes the stress out of doing it yourself.
Highly recommend!!

B
Brett L.
The best cake mix and frosting

Awesome tasting, fool proof cakes.

S
Sheridan P.
Great information

Sarah-Jane and her team are so helpful. Thank you xo

M
Michaela D.
Class: Valentine's cupcake decorating
Great product

The frosting was great to use and super tasty.

Z
Zechariah S.
Perfect!

Easy to use, worked well in the humidity!

N
Nicole H.
A++ product

An amazing product. Tastes great and is so easy to use

J
Joanne C.
Ready Made Frosting

The frosting was convenient and easy to use. I did need to get extra as the dark mud cake showed through the frosting so needed a thicker layer.

C
Camilla M.
Amazing!

Everyone at work was raving about the cake I made for a colleague’s birthday from your awesome bake at home options. Thanks so much 😍

C
Carly B.
Awesome advice

I always come to studio cakes when I need to make a birthday cake for one of my children.

The staff always provide amazing advice and have the right products to get the job done too!!!
Cant recommend enough:)

E
Elizabeth K.
Class: Looking forward to attending a class
This is fabulous frosting

I've never made a wedding cake before, let alone needed to decorate one.
The help and advice I got from Studio Cakes who suggested this frosting was great. The ease of using this frosting was fabulous. I had been having multiple failures with making the butter icing, this frosting took the pressure right off me. I have already been sharing my experience with friends.

E
Elizabeth M.
Dairy free frosting

Had to make dairy free birthday cake and wanted a buttercream frosting. So I bought the ready made frosting made with shortening. It has a great texture and stays set at room temperature and most importantly has a great flavor. Highly recommend.

T
Tyrone O.
1st birthday cake

I recently visited your store to attempt to make my sons first birthday cake. I have zero experience and staff there were absolutely amazing. A young lady served me and couldn’t be more helpful! I had a few hand written notes from her and enough supplies to head home and start baking. The cake took me four hours but was well worth it!

A
Ann R.
The only place to go for cake making

The staff at studio cakes are wonderful. They are friendly and happy to share their knowledge. I would highly recommend Studio Cakes

S
Sue F.
Frosting

Awesome will definitely be back to get more.

M
Michele M.
Great service from Studio Cakes

Marcus and Sarah Jane were very helpful and knowledgable

P
Paula T.
Great product and service

Easy to spread and taste delicious. I usually make my own but being time poor this was a great option.

N
Nicole L.
Frosting

The frosting worked great! Saved me the melted mess of a 2 hour drive with buttercream. Tasted nice, but very sweet - it’s icing though, so expertly, I was using it for a semi naked cake so it was balanced well - may be too sweet for a fully covered cake however. Easy enough to work with but did need a little more work than my buttercream. Perfectly pure white, but most importantly saved me time!

Thanks so much for your review Nic! If you're finding the icing a little sweet for your taste, you can always add a little vanilla essence or other flavouring. We like to keep the ingredients nice and simple, so it is as versatile as possible.

I've got a blog post here about four different flavours I made recently with frosting as a base - yum!

www.studiocakes.com.au/blogs/real-weddings/frosting-four-ways

~Sarah-Jane

A
Anissa
Simply The Best Buttercream

Have you ever fought work buttercream to achieve black or red? Well fight no more. Use this buttercream as a base and you'll achieve the greatest black or red.

S
Susan W.

Frosting - House-Made and ready to use

M
Mandy D.
White frosting

I always appreciate the advice available at the store. However, I am not a fan of this frosting. I found it tricky to work with as a base for a cake. It came off the cake, bringing many crumbs with it. I also found it very greasy. I won’t buy it again.

Hi Mandy!

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the frosting. I understand, as we all have our personal preferences when it comes to our favourite icing types!

Just for any future reference, here are a couple of tips that I follow to get the best result when working with our house-made frosting:
- Frosting is best kept at a cool room temperature. Sometimes frosting can become stiff in colder weather or if it is refrigerated.
- If you're finding your frosting too stiff and it is grabbing crumbs, you can refresh it back to the perfect spreadable consistency by stirring through a small splash of boiled water (about a tablespoon to 500g would work great).
- A thin spread of frosting applied to the cake will assist in capturing those pesky crumbs (also known as a crumb coat). Then you can apply a final frosting finish over the top without having the crumbs visibly appear.
- Another tip in dealing with crumbs is to chill your cake first.
- Finally, the frosting is a crusting icing, so it will set with a thin crust once left at room temperature. Because of this, it's best to ice the cake in one sitting and apply any decorations while the frosting is freshly applied.

It can take some getting used to when you change from another icing type to frosting, and sometimes people prefer to stick with what they know and love. For us, we love the perfectly white colouring of frosting and how it is matched so well with our climate comparatively to other dairy based soft icings. It can also be flavoured in any way you like with a touch of essence, syrup or even freeze-dried fruit!

I hope this helps and thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review!

Sarah-Jane

J
Janelle S.
House made frosting

I decided to try your house made frosting and was very pleased with the texture and great taste.