Cake Decorating Frosting With Crisco

A frosting made with all or mostly shortening doesn t melt on the tongue the way i like.

Cake decorating frosting with crisco.

What you will need for crisco frosting ingredients. Our vanilla buttercream frosting recipe is smooth and spreadable making it perfect for frosting cupcakes cakes and cookies. My grandma called this wedding cake frosting because it is often used on wedding cakes. It s so basic it makes the hassle of cake decorating so much easier.

Chocolate crisco frosting recipe. This frosting leaves a tell tale gummy cloyingly sweet residue. This recipe came from a cake decorating class i took many years ago. For me this isn t the overall taste i m looking for.

This is the most important icing recipe you ll ever have. 8 tablespoons cocoa powder. 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. 8 tablespoons hot water coffee or milk.

It s quick and easy to make bright white for cake decorating and you can easily change it s consistency. Thin to use as a frosting for the entire cake but know ahead of time that this recipe might well be considered too sweet. 8 tablespoons crisco. 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.

You can make it any flavor you like. This icing recipe is 1. To make this recipe you will need. Why make frosting with crisco.

Add water until desired consistency. 2 3 cup crisco all vegetable shortening 1 teaspoons vanilla extract teaspoon salt 4 cups powdered sugar 5 6 tablespoons milk equipment. This crisco chocolate frosting recipe is smooth fluffy and has a deep chocolate flavor. It was an easy way to make icing when you didn t have any butter available.

Beat shortening vanilla and salt in large bowl with mixer on high speed until fluffy. Frosts a 2. What may surprise you is how widely crisco frosting is still used in bakeries. Beat on high speed until smooth and creamy about 2 minutes.

This buttercream can also be stiffened to hold its shape for decorating treats with buttercream flowers or piped messages. 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. If you wish use half shortening and half unsalted butter.

Crisco frosting was quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Beat on low speed gradually adding milk until evenly blended.