7 Minute frosting, boiled icing or marshmallow frosting?

[cupcakeshoppe]

I am quite confused by these three. what i've learned is they all taste like marshmallow and they have to be used immediately.

my question is this... which is the best? I have tried 7 minute frosting and it's quite good although it didn't become stiff i was still able to frost with it. The boiled icing am quite hesitant about because it involves a sugar syrup to be drizzled over whipped egg whites and i think that's too advanced for me especially since i only have a hand mixer. the marshmallow frosting looks really good and am kinda intrigued by the addition of actual marshmallows to what looks like a 7 minute frosting recipe. will the marshmallows make it stiff?

so i'd love to hear what all of you think as I am gonna use either of the three to make my BIG cake next week. thanks!

[2sdae]

never made the marshmallow frosting, but the boiled icing is that Italian meringue by chance?

[cupcakeshoppe]

it starts like it but there's no addition of butter at the end. i like this one because for some reason i don't love buttery icing.

[2sdae]

I'm not too up on it either really, a buttery taste but not over powering, feeling like you got a chunk of butter in your mouth kinda thing. Duff's butter cream is way over powering with the butter taste and whoa!

[likitiki]

boiled icing would be my pick over the others. If you do not like the buttery taste, that is a yummy alternative.
Melissa

[elizw]

i tried italian meringue icing once....i screwed it up. i do like swiss meringue since i don't have to drizzle the sugar syrup. it has been fool proof for me!

[mssweetie24]

What is boiled Icing and how do you make it?

[cupcakeshoppe]

well as far as i know it's like making italian meringue BC but you don't add butter at the end. i think.