BUTTERCREAM FROSTING/DECORATOR ICING

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This is not a light-weight frosting. This is the famed "Cookie Cutter," "Beth's Kake Kreations," and "All by U" frosting recipe that was used and passed down as the businesses traded hands. This is my GO-TO frosting for decorating!

Provided by Angela DuFay @angeladufay

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 1/2 cup(s) shortening
1 teaspoon(s) salt
1 tablespoon(s) vanilla extract (clear)
3/4 teaspoon(s) butter flavoring
3 tablespoon(s) dream whip (dry powder)
1 teaspoon(s) almond flavoring
1 pound(s) powdered sugar (sifted)
1/4 cup(s) water
1 pound(s) powdered sugar (sifted)
1/4 cup(s) water

Steps:

  • This recipe is a classic buttercream that kept getting passed to cake-makers in Marquette County. Go ahead and tweak it to your own tastes (as to how you remember it), but this is the original. Cream together, then whip until light and fluffy: 1-1/2 C. Shortening 1 tsp. Salt 1 T. Vanilla (clear) 3/4 tsp. Butter Flavoring 3 T. dry Dream Whip 1 tsp. Almond flavoring To the above mixture, add: 1 lb. sifted Powdered Sugar 1/4 C. Water Beat together. Then add: 1 lb. sifted Powdered Sugar 1/4 C. Water Beat Well. Icing keeps in the refrigerator for three months. Store in a tightly-covered container. Tinting/coloring is up to you!

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