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Yesterday Jack and I did the grocery shopping.   Normally, this involves serious haggling as Jack angles for donuts or cookies or something as his compensation for pushing the cart and mowing over other shoppers who fail to dive out of his way.   Yesterday however, Jack decided to fixate on a box of white cake mix.   This was great news from my perspective as he walked around with the box clutched to his chest- it kept away from his bakery tantrums and although I was disappointed with his choice of WHITE cake (eh, bland), I considered it a victory.

When we got home, Jack still was thrilled with "his best friend white cake" and even insisted on taking the box with him for a nap.   Whatever, I let him.

By evening, I'd like to pretend that Jack insisted I make the cake but frankly being 8 months pregnant and watching someone walk around with a box with a picture of a cake on it all day was too much for me to bear and I said to Jack "Hey Jack, want to make your cake?!"

Super, he did.

While the cake was baking, I pulled up my favorite recipe site, www.AllRecipes.com and to Jack, "What kind of frosting do you want?".   I was already mentally toying with some sort of carmel coconut or maybe even orange-flavored frosting. 

"White", he said.  "White? You can't have white."  I told him, appalled that he would suggest something so boring.   He started to tear up and showed me his box where the white cake had of course, white frosting.   I tried everything to change his mind, to no avail.  I gave up and started looking at white frosting recipes, figuring I'd dump a half a bag of flaked coconut over my half as a sort of compromise.

I picked up this recipe which assured me it was "the best white icing recipe ever" and found, as usual, I was missing half the ingredients.   I looked for white frosting recipes where the fact that my can of Crisco was expired would NOT be an issue, and found none, they all wanted shortening.    Which I never understand to be honest, becuase shortening in icing always tastes like Crisco to me.    Undeterred, I went back to the "best" recipe and dumped in butter for the Crisco and salted butter where it called for unsalted.    I was also a touch short on the sugar, and doubled up the vanilla and milk.   I don't want to brag, but I think in essence I created a NEW recipe.

So, not expecting much, I slapped it on the cake and gave it a try.

It was amazing, seriously REALLY good.   I'm so impressed, I am hereby giving up my god-given rights to this custom recipe in hopes that all of mankind can benefit from this frosting.    Granted, it's very difficult to go wrong in any situation where you have sufficient butter.

All quantities are "ish" in that leveling and measuring arent my strong suits.

3 Cups Powdered Sugar 
2 Teaspoons Vanilla
2 Sticks (ie: 1 cup) salted butter
4 Tablespoons Jack's 1% Milk