Yummy Buttercream

Name: Yummy Buttercream
Ingredients: 12 cup butter, unsalted and room temperature; 12 cup shortening, Crisco (regular flavor, not butter-flavored); 4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted; 2 tablespoons cream; 18 teaspoon table salt; 1 teaspoon extract (vanilla, lemon, what you like)

6 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

12 cup butter, unsalted and room temperature
12 cup shortening, Crisco (regular flavor, not butter-flavored)
4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons cream
18 teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon extract (vanilla, lemon, what you like)

Directions

1

Beat the butter and shortening until well-blended.
2

Add in the confecioners sugar, salt and extract and cream together.
3

If it is stiff add the cream until spreading consistency.
4

For colored icings or pure white icing use all Crisco.
5

Do a light crumb coat, let dry and then pipe or frost with remaining icing, decorate and devour.