Cake Decorating Frosting With Crisco

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Cake decorating frosting with crisco.

Why make frosting with crisco. Beat shortening vanilla and salt in large bowl with mixer on high speed until fluffy. It s quick and easy to make bright white for cake decorating and you can easily change it s consistency. You can make it any flavor you like.

8 tablespoons crisco. 8 tablespoons cocoa powder. Beat on low speed gradually adding milk until evenly blended. This recipe came from a cake decorating class i took many years ago.

If you wish use half shortening and half unsalted butter. To prepare this frosting you will need a large bowl and an electric mixer. Add water until desired consistency. A frosting made with all or mostly shortening doesn t melt on the tongue the way i like.

My grandma called this wedding cake frosting because it is often used on wedding cakes. This is the most important icing recipe you ll ever have. 2 3 cup crisco all vegetable shortening 1 teaspoons vanilla extract teaspoon salt 4 cups powdered sugar 5 6 tablespoons milk equipment. This makes enough to frost 24 cupcakes a 13 x 9 cake or a 2 layer cake using 8 inch or 9 inch round cake pans.

Frosts a 2. Chocolate crisco frosting recipe. It s so basic it makes the hassle of cake decorating so much easier. Beat on high speed until smooth and creamy about 2 minutes.

It is an excellent frosting for wedding and birthday cakes and has the perfect consistency to use with a pastry bag tube for writing or making colored roses leaves or other decorations. To make this recipe you will need. Our vanilla buttercream frosting recipe is smooth and spreadable making it perfect for frosting cupcakes cakes and cookies. Tastes just like those wedding cake frostings we ve all eaten ultra creamy and sweet.

Beat together shortening powdered sugar vanilla meringue powder and salt until combined and smooth. For me this isn t the overall taste i m looking for. Crisco frosting was quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Wilton icing recipes feature easy to follow instructions and all the ingredients you need to make the best icing for decorating and glazing cakes cupcakes cookies and other delicious treats.

Pair with a basic yellow cake for consistency or a chocolate layer cake for a bit. This buttercream can also be stiffened to hold its shape for decorating treats with buttercream flowers or piped messages. Thin to use as a frosting for the entire cake but know ahead of time that this recipe might well be considered too sweet. It was an easy way to make icing when you didn t have any butter available.

This frosting leaves a tell tale gummy cloyingly sweet residue. 8 tablespoons hot water coffee or milk.