I just made this to frost the cake I made this afternoon with my kids..needless to say I have to run to the grocery store for some store bought frosting as I did not read the reviews prior to making it. Mine was thin...and watery i used a standard handheld mixer and it still did not fluff up...i did taste it...flavor was there...dont know what i did wrong...will try again with the helpful hints of others!

If you haven't read JustMe's advice for this recipe - go do that right now. I wish I had before making it... This turned out really tasty, but looked wretched and didn't hold up well at all. When sitting at room temp, it would become a melty, greasy mess. Upon refrigeration, it would look all curdled. I'm definitely gonna try again, but strictly follow JustMe's tips.

It had a good flavor, but came out really runny and thin. Not creamy at all! I won't use this recipe again. I wasted good ingredients on this and am very disappointed.

This is the only frosting recipe I will ever use from on now, I did'nt have any confectioners sugar-so I tried this and they all loved it-loved it! I put it on cupcakes-but, bet it's great on cookies too. Just make sure really do wait for it to cool down, I was impatient and the warm milk kind of melted the butter but, after a few mins. back in the fridge it was great. THANK YOU!! P.S. What's a good way to turn this into a chocolate frosting? Then I'll be set!

at first it was runny, but after placing it in the fridge for about an hour, it was perfect

worked fantastic. a very good icing. turned out light and fluffy. takes a bit more time to make but worth the wait. now to find something to put it on....

Wonderful!! This is what I've been looking for. It is a great compromise for those who love frosting and those who don't like frosting. It has a more delicate, sweet flavor similar to whipped cream frosting, when granulated sugar is used. Powdered sugar works too, but gives it more of a buttercream frosting taste, a little richer and heavier. Although, powdered sugar is not as sweet as granulated sugar, it is richer since you must use more than the amount of sugar the recipe calls for. Granulated sugar takes a long time to mix in - you must mix and mix or the frosting will have a gritty texture- but it is worth it. I whisk the flour and milk in a frying pan instead of a sauce pan and it takes less time to thicken. I'm so happy to have found this recipe.

Very easy to make, I used it on a banana cake recipe from this site and got lots of compliments. It is very sweet, nice and creamy.

It was good but way too much vanilla. Next time I will use half the vanilla or none at all, because it was too sweet. I used all organic ingredients to make it and it did turn out good. I guess maybe because I was using it for sugar cookies that's what made it seem too sweet, maybe it would be delicious on a cake.

This was my first time making frosting from scratch. It was so easy and it's absolutely delicious. I don't think I'll ever buy pre-made frosting from the store again! I did follow some tips from others such as whisking the milk/flour CONSTANTLY over low/medium heat then letting it cool COMPLETELY before adding to the butter mixture. I had no problem using a hand mixer. The one thing I will do next time is use confectioner's sugar. It was a little grainy but the more I mixed it the smoother it was!

This recipe tasted awesome! Love it! I halved the recipe for a batch of chocolate cupcakes, which was just enough for 18 cupcakes. But next time, I don't think I will half the recipe, because it was so good, I want to add a huge mound of icing on each cake. This was not too sweet and it had a great flavor. When I bake, I always "substitute" healthier ingredients. So I did use whole wheat pastry flour and sucanat with honey (which I ran through a coffee grinder, that has never had coffee in it, to get a finer sugar - closer to confectioners). This was great with the healthier substitutions. Will be making this again today and will try adding a twist with strawberries to get a strawberry icing. Hope it turns out just as good! ***UPDATE*** I did make this icing by adding strawberries, delish! I divided the icing into 3 parts, one part stayed the white vanilla (as the recipe), second part I whipped in 1 Tlb. of cocoa for chocolate icing, the third part, I added about 1-2 Tlb. of pureed strawberries (strawberries had sugar on them, left over from shortcake). Then I iced cupcakes and had 3 different icings. These were great! BTW - this recipe "Simple White Cake" from this site makes excellent white cupcakes.

I thought that the frosting was great and I had no trouble at all getting it to a good texture following the hints of other reviewers. It was a very light, fresh texture and taste. The only change I would make is to use caster sugar next time (or superfine) to eliminate the very slight touch of graininess.

This recipe didn't turn out to great for me. I made it to put on chocolate cupcakes and it didn't taste that good. The frosting never got fluffy like whipped cream. It was real runny and tasted too buttery and not much like frosting.

Didn't work for me. Followed the directions but it never got to a frosting whipped consistency. Even tried doing it manually with a whisk for awhile didn't work that way either. My Kitchenaid stand mixer was on for most of a one hour long tv show, this frosting would not form, it just looked curdled and runny. I put it in a frosting bag and tried my best with this, I ended up doing thinner swirls with gourmet dark chocolate topping to distract from the frostings appearance, and I topped it off with orange zest (I had made orange cake cupcakes) and crushed raw almonds. The frosting tasted good nonetheless but how can butter, sugar and milk not taste good? Will look for another recipe.

Good frosting, very buttery. Followed the advice of the first reviewer and consistently mixed the butter/flour mixture until thick. No lumps, nice consistency when completed.

I thought this recipe was great, it does look and taste like whipped cream but it holds up beautifully. With the tips given, I didn't have any problems, thanks!