Cake Icing

6 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs powdered sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups shortening (crisco)
  • 2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract (if you want pure white icing)
  • 1 teaspoon butter flavor extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup hot tap water

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream shortening.
  2. 2
    add extracts and salt mix till blended.
  3. 3
    Then add little powdered sugar and little water.
  4. 4
    mix on med speed till all sugar and water is used.
  5. 5
    this makes about 2 c.
  6. 6
    I figured that for a wedding cake 3 tier 6 10 14 takes 5 batches of icing for a finished cake if you are doing flowers need to add a little more powdered sugar to get a stiffer icing.

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