Search for the Perfect Frosting: Part 5

So, I know I promised pictures but that was before I realized that the camera was AWOL. Anyway, I finally came up with a solution for my frosting and it was a tasty one at that!

Of course, afterwards I found this product, which I will be ordering in the near future.

So, my corn-free vegan white frosting recipe:

1 cup vegan cream cheese (with the ingredients closely checked for allergens)
1 cup Jungle Vegan Shortening (be careful keeping this at room temp if you don't have AC, it melts quickly)
2 cups arrowroot or tapioca starch, sifted
6 tbsp Agave Nectar
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 tsp Stevia liquid extract (this can be found in the vitamin area at whole foods)
1 tsp other flavoring to taste (mint, coffee, lemon, orange, almond, you name it
1/4 tsp cream of tartar

I made this with a kitchen aide mixer, however a hand mixer will work too. You can mix by hand but it will be less fluffy and more dense.

In the bowl, blend cream cheese and shortening until mixed, soft and pliable (basically until they are spreading themselves around the side of the bowl).

Add 3 tbsp of agave nectar, mix.

Add 1 cup starch by sifting, mix until combined as well as possible

Add Vanilla and other flavoring and Stevia. Mix

Add remaining cup of starch by sifting and combine as well as possible (it will be dry at this point)

Add remaining 3 tbsp of agave nectar and combine.

If frosting is still dry at this point, add 1 tbsp of water and mix. If still dry add a second tbsp. Taste for sweetness. If you desire it to be sweeter, add more stevia to taste a tsp at a time. If you desire any flavor to be stronger, at a 1/2 tsp at a time, mixing together each time you add something. Make sure to continually scrape down the sides of the bowl as well.

Mix on high for five minutes. Add cream of tartar (gives it a little bit of body) and mix on high for another three minutes

Now go decorate your baked good!