Cake Decorating Frosting With Crisco

Chocolate crisco frosting recipe.

Cake decorating frosting with crisco.

8 tablespoons hot water coffee or milk. Why make frosting with crisco. It s so basic it makes the hassle of cake decorating so much easier. Crisco frosting was quite popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

It was an easy way to make icing when you didn t have any butter available. What may surprise you is how widely crisco frosting is still used in bakeries. Frosts a 2. Beat shortening vanilla and salt in large bowl with mixer on high speed until fluffy.

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. My grandma called this wedding cake frosting because it is often used on wedding cakes. Pair with a basic yellow cake for consistency or a chocolate layer cake for a bit. This recipe came from a cake decorating class i took many years ago.

This is the most important icing recipe you ll ever have. This crisco chocolate frosting recipe is smooth fluffy and has a deep chocolate flavor. Our vanilla buttercream frosting recipe is smooth and spreadable making it perfect for frosting cupcakes cakes and cookies. This buttercream can also be stiffened to hold its shape for decorating treats with buttercream flowers or piped messages.

2 3 cup crisco all vegetable shortening 1 teaspoons vanilla extract teaspoon salt 4 cups powdered sugar 5 6 tablespoons milk equipment. Beat on low speed gradually adding milk until evenly blended. 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. Add water until desired consistency.

For me this isn t the overall taste i m looking for. Beat on high speed until smooth and creamy about 2 minutes. If you wish use half shortening and half unsalted butter. This icing recipe is 1.

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. You can make it any flavor you like. What you will need for crisco frosting ingredients. Tastes just like those wedding cake frostings we ve all eaten ultra creamy and sweet.

8 tablespoons crisco. To make this recipe you will need. Beat together shortening powdered sugar vanilla meringue powder and salt until combined and smooth. This frosting leaves a tell tale gummy cloyingly sweet residue.

To prepare this frosting you will need a large bowl and an electric mixer. 8 tablespoons cocoa powder.