The Battered Body

The Diva’s Butter Rum Frosting

3⁄4 cup butter

1 cup plus 21⁄2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

5 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

11⁄2-2 tablespoons dark rum (depending on taste) or

21⁄2 teaspoons rum extract

1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

Melt the butter in a large bowl. Gradually add 1 cup of the sifted confectioners’ sugar and beat well. Slowly beat in the salt and cream. Beat in the remaining 21⁄2 cups of the confectioners’ sugar

1⁄2 cup at a time. Continue to beat until the frosting begins to thicken, then whisk in the vanilla, rum or rum extract, and the pumpkin pie spice. Allow the mixture to sit for a few minutes. Frost the cake using this prepared frosting.