Best 8 Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting Recipes

facebook share image   twitter share image   pinterest share image   E-Mail share image

Indulge in the timeless classic, Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting, a culinary masterpiece that has graced the tables of royalty and discerning palates for over a century. This iconic frosting, named after the legendary New York hotel, is a symphony of flavors and textures, combining the nutty crunch of walnuts, the delicate sweetness of apples, and the velvety smoothness of whipped cream. As you embark on this culinary journey, you'll discover not just one, but three delectable variations of Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting, each offering a unique twist on this classic recipe. From the traditional Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting to the modernized Waldorf Astoria Frosting and the luscious Waldorf Astoria Frosting with Sour Cream, your taste buds are in for a delightful treat.


1. **Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting**: The traditional recipe that has stood the test of time, featuring a harmonious blend of chopped walnuts and crisp apple suspended in a luscious whipped cream base.

2. **Waldorf Astoria Frosting**: A modernized take on the classic, incorporating both light and heavy cream for an even more velvety and airy texture, while maintaining the signature crunch of walnuts and sweetness of apples.

3. **Waldorf Astoria Frosting with Sour Cream**: A delightful variation that introduces a touch of tanginess with the addition of sour cream, creating a frosting that is both rich and refreshing, with a perfect balance of flavors.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

WALDORF ASTORIA RED VELVET CAKE



Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake image

Make the well-known Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake at home. No cake mix needed.

Provided by Stephanie Manley

Categories     Dessert

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 17

1/2 cup shortening
2 eggs
2 ounces red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Grease and flour 3 cake pans.
  • Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring.
  • Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add cocoa and food coloring mixture. Mix well.
  • Add buttermilk with vinegar and flour with salt alternately.
  • By hand, fold in vanilla and baking soda.
  • Pour batter equally into cake pans.
  • Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Remove cake layers from pans and cool completely.
  • Cook flour and milk until thick.
  • Beat shortening, margarine, sugar, vanilla until creamy.
  • Add milk and flour mixture a little at a time and beat well.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 384 kcal, Carbohydrate 47 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 20 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Cholesterol 38 mg, Sodium 259 mg, Sugar 32 g, ServingSize 1 serving

CLASSIC WALDORF RED CAKE



Classic Waldorf Red Cake image

This beautiful tall cake is moist and tender. Sometimes called Red Velvet Cake, this classic cake not only tastes delicious, but adds great flair to a holiday dessert table.

Provided by Almond Breeze

Categories     Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips     Almond Breeze

Time 1h55m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 teaspoons baking soda
1 ¼ cups vegetable oil
¾ cup Almond Breeze Original almondmilk
3 eggs
1 (1 ounce) bottle liquid red food color
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon vinegar
⅓ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup Almond Breeze Original almondmilk
1 cup vegan buttery sticks, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with rounds of waxed paper or parchment; grease paper. Flour pans.
  • In large bowl, mix 2 1/4 cups flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking soda with electric mixer on low speed. Add all remaining cake ingredients. Mix on low speed. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy.
  • Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Run knife around edges to loosen. Remove to cooling racks and cool completely, about 1 hour.
  • In small saucepan, whisk 1/3 cup flour into almondmilk until smooth. Cook and whisk over medium-low heat until thick and bubbly. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
  • In large bowl, beat buttery sticks and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add small spoonfuls of the flour mixture and beat until blended. Scrape sides; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until thick and creamy.
  • Place 1 cake layer on cake plate, rounded side down. Spread frosting over cake. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost top and sides of cake. Store covered in refrigerator.

WALDORF ASTORIA RED CAKE & WALDORF ICING



Waldorf Astoria Red Cake & Waldorf Icing image

This recipe was my mother's. SUPPOSEDLY, this is the original of what would become known as the "Red Velvet Cake". As the story was told, this recipe was created by the Waldorf Astoria's baking Chef for the opening of the Waldorf or very shortly thereafter. Now whether this is true history or not is not for me to say because I...

Provided by Billie Neal

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 18

WALDORF ASTORIA RED CAKE
1/2 c shortening
1 1/2 c sugar
2 oz red cake coloring
2 Tbsp cocoa
2 eggs
1 c buttermilk
2 1/4 c sifted flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp baking soda
WALDORF ICING
1 c milk
3 Tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla
2 stick oleo = 1 cup
1 c sugar

Steps:

  • 1. "WALDORF ASTORIA RED CAKE" Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
  • 2. Make a paste of cocoa and cake coloring and add to mixture.
  • 3. Add vanilla and buttermilk alternately with flour and salt, beating after each addition.
  • 4. Mix soda and vinegar and blend into mixture.
  • 5. Bake 25 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
  • 6. "WALDORF ICING" Cook milk and flour until thick, let cool.
  • 7. Cream well, butter and sugar, beat until butter turns white.
  • 8. Add vanilla and cool mixture.
  • 9. Beat till fluffy like whipped cream.

WALDORF ASTORIA FROSTING



Waldorf Astoria Frosting image

Make and share this Waldorf Astoria Frosting recipe from Food.com.

Provided by grandma2969

Categories     Dessert

Time 15m

Yield 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup milk
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Combine milk and flour in saucepan; mix well.
  • Cook until thick, stirring constantly.
  • Cool.
  • Cream remaining ingredients in bowl till light and fluffy.
  • Add milk mixture. Beat until fluffy.
  • Frost cooled cake.
  • Enough frosting for 2 layers.

WALDORF ASTORIA CAKE FROSTING



Waldorf Astoria Cake Frosting image

This easy white frosting is perfect for wedding cakes.

Provided by Tina Ashbridge

Categories     Frosting and Icing Recipes

Time 30m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar
1 cup shortening
⅔ cup milk
⅛ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
1 teaspoon clear imitation vanilla extract

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, combine confectioners sugar, shortening, milk, salt, butter flavored extract and vanilla. Beat until smooth and fluffy.n

Nutrition Facts : Calories 306 calories, Carbohydrate 37.9 g, Cholesterol 10.7 mg, Fat 17.4 g, Protein 0.4 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 30.2 mg, Sugar 37.2 g

WALDORF ASTORIA ORIGINAL RED VELVET CAKE WITH COOKED ICING RECIPE - (3.7/5)



Waldorf Astoria Original Red Velvet Cake with Cooked Icing Recipe - (3.7/5) image

Provided by Shirl

Number Of Ingredients 19

1/2 cup (3.4 ounces) shortening
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon butter extract
1 1/2 ounces red food coloring
3 tablespoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour (carefully spoon and level - don't pack flour)
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar
Frosting
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
1 cup milk
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray three 9-inch round cake pans with flour-added cooking spray. For a higher ratio of cake to frosting, use two 9×2 inch pans. You may also use three 8-inch pans. If you use three 8-inch or go with two 9-inch, you will probably need to tack on about 4 minutes to the cook time due to the batter being deeper. Using high speed of electric mixer, beat shortening and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla extract and butter extract, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Make a paste of red food coloring and cocoa powder, then stir that in. Or, do what I did and stir the red food coloring and cocoa in, then beat. When the batter turns red, stir in the salt and beat so that it's very well mixed. Starting and ending with flour, add the flour and buttermilk alternately to batter, stirring so that flour gets absorbed. Place the baking soda in a little cup. Add the vinegar to the baking soda, then stir the fizzy vinegar mixture into the cake batter to lighten it. Now, dump the cake batter into the pans, dividing evenly. Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs. Let cakes cool in pans on a rack for 10 minutes. Flip out of pans and cool completely. Note: If your oven runs hot, cook the red velvet cake at 325 degrees F. The cakes will turn out dry if overcooked. Make the frosting. In a heavy saucepan, whisk together 3 tablespoons of flour and 1/4 cup of the milk until smooth. Whisk in salt and remaining milk. Turn heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thick and creamy. Let it cool completely. Using your electric mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Beat in the thoroughly cooled flour mixture. Beat and beat until the icing is fluffy and no longer grainy (this may take a while, depending on how good your mixer is). For this recipe, I recommend using a stand mixer. Cover cake with frosting.

WALDORF-ASTORIA RED VELVET CAKE



Waldorf-Astoria Red Velvet Cake image

Make and share this Waldorf-Astoria Red Velvet Cake recipe from Food.com.

Provided by troyh

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ounces red food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa (heaping)
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter (must be butter)

Steps:

  • Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
  • Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa.
  • Add to creamed mixture.
  • Add buttermilk alternating with flour and salt.
  • Add vanilla.
  • Add soda to vinegar, and blend into the batter.
  • Pour into 3 or 4 greased and floured 8" cake pans.
  • Bake at 350°F for 24-30 minutes.
  • Split layers fill and frost with the following frosting.
  • Frosting: Add milk to flour slowly, avoiding lumps.
  • Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
  • Cool completely.
  • Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy.
  • Add to cooked mixture.
  • Beat, high speed, until very fluffy.
  • Looks and tastes like whipped cream.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 511, Fat 25.9, SaturatedFat 12.7, Cholesterol 75.3, Sodium 478, Carbohydrate 65.8, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 42.8, Protein 5

WALDORF-ASTORIA CHOCOLATE CAKE



Waldorf-Astoria Chocolate Cake image

As a child, my mother told me that this was considered to be JFK's favorite cake recipe. I know it became my choice for birthday cake every year. Today I substitute Splenda blend for the sugar and double sift the dry ingredients to make it fluffy. You cannot further reduce calories by using any of the light mayonnaises. if you do not have or like miracle whip, you can substitute regular mayonnaise with no change in quality.

Provided by Patti McD

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 loaf, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup cold water
1 cup Miracle Whip
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • sift dry ingredients together into a large mixing bowl.
  • Add moist ingredients and mix until well blended.
  • Pour into a well-greased loaf pan.
  • Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
  • if you double, bake in well-greased bundt pan for 90 minutes. Allow to cool in pan before turning out or top will separate from the cake.
  • Dust with powdered sugar bfore serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 148, Fat 0.4, Sodium 158.2, Carbohydrate 33.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 16.8, Protein 2.5

Tips:

  • Use fresh, high-quality ingredients. This will make a big difference in the taste of your cake.
  • Follow the recipe carefully. Don't skip any steps or substitute ingredients unless you know what you're doing.
  • Be patient. Making a Waldorf Astoria cake takes time and effort. Don't rush the process.
  • Have fun! Baking should be enjoyable. So relax, put on some music, and enjoy the process.

Conclusion:

The Waldorf Astoria cake is a classic for a reason. It's a delicious, elegant cake that's perfect for any special occasion. With its moist cake layers, creamy frosting, and crunchy walnuts, it's sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a special cake to make, give the Waldorf Astoria cake a try. You won't be disappointed.

Related Topics