Decorator Cake Icing

Name: Decorator Cake Icing
Ingredients: 1 lb 10x powdered sugar; 1/3 cup shortening (prefer crisco); 1/4 cup water (room temp); 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1/8 teaspoon salt; 3 drops butter flavoring (found with other extracts etc in cake decorator aisle); any food coloring

7 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 lb 10x powdered sugar
1/3 cup shortening (prefer crisco)
1/4 cup water (room temp)
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 drops butter flavoring (found with other extracts etc in cake decorator aisle)
any food coloring

Directions

1

mix all ingredients on low. great for a kitchen aid mixer but hard on the arm if using a old time mixer. add color a few drops at a time until desired color is acheived.
2

you can also drop color into water if mixing several different colors to acheive a certain color.
3

pack into sleeve with tip needed and decorate!
4

**TIP** if using for several different colors that won't need a lot of icing like making flowers etc, mix beofre adding color and separate into several different sections then add coloring a little at a time to acheive color needed**.