Comments on: Day 67 – Boston Favorite Cake with a frosting story https://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/ Sharing easy, everyday recipes for life. Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:18:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Susan https://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-20213 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:59:08 +0000 http://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-20213 This is actually my 21-year-old son’s favorite frosting recipe. Thank you for posting it; his birthday is later this week and I can’t find my Fannie Farmer cookbook. It’s cooling now so that I can mail his birthday-cake-in-a-box kit. This frosting doesn’t have milk or cream in it, so it mails well. (I put the cake in a large plastic container, the frosting in a plastic bag, and tape a card and candles to the top of the container. I did this his freshman year, and he loved it, so now it’s a tradition.) I first tried this recipe when he was a nursing baby and allergic to dairy (so I couldn’t eat any) and I needed to make a birthday cake for his older brother.

It thickens eventually, but it takes much longer than 2-3 minutes to thicken.

]]> By: Tracey Severtsen https://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-1976 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:49:54 +0000 http://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-1976 This is my favorite cake to make! I now make it with a few modifications for a gluten-free version. I laughed at your attempt at the frosting… indeed, I was up half the night the first go-round trying to thicken it, and believing either I was crazy or Fannie Farmer needed a new tester-editor. Now I skip the frosting and simply add plenty of chocolate chips to the batter before folding in the egg whites. What a good fortune to find your blog post! I had just lost my Fannie Farmer cookbook and couldn’t find this recipe. Thanks!

]]> By: Lynne https://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-43 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:42:52 +0000 http://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-43 Thank you, Lorie! I’ll direct her to your comment. She told me she liked it, but at this point, she’s really liking any home-cooked food!

]]> By: Lorie https://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-42 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:28:31 +0000 http://www.365daysofbakingandmore.com/day-67-boston-favorite-cake-with-a-frosting-story/#comment-42 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX!!! She will always have a place in our heart…our first “real” babysitter!

I hope she enjoyed her cake. It looks DELISH!!!

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