Looking For gluten-free, Dairy Free, Corn Free Frosting Recipe

[diamondheart]

I made a chocolate cake from a Pamela's mix - excellent! The frosting is now the challenge. I tried making the frosting from the "Enjoy Life" semi-sweet chocolate chip package, but I don't like it. Seems that I need to make my own powdered sugar with a substitute for cornstarch. How do I substitute cornstarch in quantity with arrowroot? This is the recipe I found for making your own powdered sugar. Any suggestions for how to make it corn free, and how to make it a good tasting, fluffy chocolate frosting? To give you an idea how good I'm at baking, I own a copy of "The Idiot's Guide to Baking". Help!

2 cups unbleached cane sugar

1/2 cup cornstarch

Blend in food processor or blender for 1 minute. Scrape down sides & blend an additional 30 seconds.

I'm also thinking of substituting my birch sugar (xylitol not from corn) for the cane sugar. It looks and acts like regular sugar. A coconut-chocolate frosting sounds yummy too.

Claire

[Guest AutumnE]

Use 2/3 tbsp arrowroot for each 1 tbsp cornstarch although you could slowly pour granulated sugar 1/4 cup at a time into the top opening of blender or food processor already going on high speed. Empty blender or food processor after each 1/4 cup is ground. One 1/2 cup granulated sugar will yeild a haping 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Use the amount called for in the recipe

Do you have dairy allergies or intolerance? If not you could make chocolate ganache for a frosting

8ozs of whipping cream

8ozs of chocolate (semi sweet) broken up or morsels

Heat cream on medium heat in a saucepan till a boil forms, remove from the heat add chocolate and let it thicken.

At first it becomes a spreadable frosting but if its let out to sit for a while it becomes decorator frosting and finally can be rolled in balls and dipped in chocolate with nuts sprinkled on top, basically a chocolate truffle.

Hope this helps