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Need the perfect buttercream icing recipe for your next birthday cake or the cupcakes you are making? I have one!
You will need:
- 1 1/2 cups solid shortening- Crisco brand preferably
- 1 stick butter (at room temperature)
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- (1) 32 oz. bag confectioners sugar
- 1/3 cup milk (or try heavy whipping cream)
Cream butter and shortening with an electric mixer until well blended. A stand-alone mixer works best.
Add the vanilla and mix until blended. At this point your icing should look like this:
Gradually add sugar one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Stop in between each cup to scrape the sides and botton of the bowl.
The icing will start to get dry, you can gradually add your milk or heavy whipping cream. Keep mixing until everything is fluffy and smooth. If you would like to color the icing, this is the stage you would do that. Just add the gel coloring and mix on medium speed until well blended.
You can now place the icing in a bag for piping your cupcakes or ice your cake.
Totally yum!
I will be sharing this recipe at these crafty and resourceful sites.
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I love a good frosting. This sounds delicious and super easy.
I’d like to invite you to share this recipe with my linky, Sweet Tooth Friday. I hope to see you there.
http://alli-n-son.com/2011/03/17/soft-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies/
Thanks Allison for the reminder… I linked up.
Love your site by the way.
i agree this is the best buttercream recipe and the one i use too!!!
Michelle-
Have you ever tried with the heavy whipping cream instead of milk…. I did it for the first time the other day and OMG! Awesome!
yummy. I love buttercream icing.
p.s. very pretty blog header.
megan
craftycpa.blogspot.com
Thanks so much Megan!
(Header was designed by Sharon over at Good, True and Beautiful. Love her work!)
I have been wondering how to make this kind of icing FOREVER. Love how it isn’t as sweet. Thank-you! Bookmarking this one!
Donna
You’re gonna love it. So yum!
Best of luck and thanks for commenting. Love your site, by the way.
Mmmmm… excited to add another recipe to my collection!
Awesome, Lei.
Making your own icing is so fun and so much easier than people think.
Best of luck!
Can’t wait to try!!!I’m hosting my first Linky party and would love for you to submit to it!
http://runwithglitter.blogspot.com/2011/03/glitters-first-linky-party_22.html#comments
Your icing looks great! I love homemade icing better than store bought!
I am pretty sure that buttercream should be outlawed…but until it is I plan to make me a bathtub full and eat my way out of it!!
This is PERFECT for my new weekly linky party – Foodie Friday! If you got a sec, please link up!
Found you on Blue Cricket Design!
I love the taste of homemade frosting! It is so much better than the stuff you buy at the store!
Impressive. Today is my first day here, so glad to have found you! So, is the last pic yours? I can’t wait to try this and I really hope the end result will look as fluffy and creamy as yours
Yes ma’am. All of the pictures are mine.
I have been searching for great buttercream recipes. I think I’ll try this the next time around. Thanks for sharing!
this is true traditional old school buttercream
That looks so yummy. If you get a chance I would love you to link your icing recipe up to More the Merrier Monday. It lasts through Wednesday so you have plenty of time to stop by. See you there. http://diyhshp.blogspot.com/
I would love this frosting!
How many cupcakes will this ice using piping similar to your picture?
About 12-15 cupcakes. When I am doing cupcakes for a b-day party I do 24 cupcakes and 2 batches of the icing and have a little icing leftover.
Hope that helps.