Glaze for Cakes - Marilyn A.

This recipe is all it says it is.  There is little to no flavor.  If you wanted a light sweet flavor on cake so the cake shines, this would be the ticket.  If  you did not like frosting, this would be a great choice.  I personally prefer cake with yummy, smooth, creamy and often thick frosting!

Glaze for Cakes - Marilyn A.

Mix powdered sugar and water until thick like glue.  Add a little vanilla and salt for better flavor.

Frosting for Graham Cake by Birdean M.

Sorry, but no picture on this one.  It looks a lot like frosting.  :)

It tasted fine, even good, but it was WAY too much work!  It requires you to cook sugar and water to soft ball stage.  Yes, I said SOFT BALL STAGE.  This takes longer than I supposed.  I got side tracked by my children, and it cooked too long (it was almost to crack stage before I caught it).  Because it had been cooked so long, some of it hardened into a sheet of rock hard candy in the bottom of the mixer bowl.  Yes, I was beating it the whole time, but adding the room temperature or cold ingredients cooled it down too much.  Like I said, it tasted fine.  I think I'll just stick with the simple, but still delicious, buttercream frosting (beat butter, powdered sugar, milk, dash salt, vanilla until it's fluffy).

Frosting for Graham Cake by Birdean Murie
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C water
2 1/2 C powdered sugar
1 beaten egg
1/2 C butter or shortening
1 t vanilla

Boil sugar and water to soft ball stage.  Blend in all other ingredients.  Add 2 T cocoa for chocolate icing.  This frosting does not lose it's body when put on warm cake.

Plain Cake and Frosting for Plain Cake by Lillian G.

Plain cake is a great way to describe this.  It is just a yellow cake.  It is yummy.  My mom always used this recipe to make strawberry shortcake, but I used Lillian's frosting recipe.  I made the chocolate variation because, as I have mentioned, my husband only recognizes desserts with chocolate.  There is a typo: The recipe says to add 1/2 c milk 3 different times, but you are only supposed to add it the first 2 times, for a total of 1 c milk.

Plain Cake by Lillian G

1/2 c shortening

1 c sugar

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 c flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 c milk

Cream shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla.  Sift together dry ingredients, Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the creamed mixture.  Add 1/2 c of the milk, then another 1/3 of the dry ingredients; repeat.  Beat well.  Bake at 350, 20-25 minutes for layers or 30-35 minutes for a 9x13 pan.  Cake should spring back when touched.  

Frosting for Plain Cake by Lillian G.

4 T shortening (I used butter because I knew I liked it better)

1 tsp vanilla

1 T corn syrup

1/4 c canned milk

Enough powdered sugar to make it spreadable

Optional: 2 heaping T cocoa

Beat until smooth.