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Perfect Cake Decorating Icing Recipe


Perfect Cake Decorating Icing Recipe
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Don't tell my family I shared this. A very dear friend of the family used to make our birthday cakes with this recipe and she taught me cake decorating. Makes the perfect icing for cake decorating; it has a very light color and can easily be tinted... More

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Ingredients
  • 1 cube stick margarine, softened (use margarine, not butter for the right flavor)
  • 1 1/2 c. white vegetable shortening
  • 1 large bag (2 lbs.) PLUS 1 c. confectioner's sugar
  • 1/2 c. cold water
  • 1/4 tsp. salt (necessary for the correct flavor)
  • 1 tsp. clear vanilla-flavor extract
  • 1 tsp. clear butter-flavor extract
  • 1/2 tsp. almond extract
  • paste food coloring, if desired

Directions
  1. Beat together margarine and shortening until thoroughly blended. Blend in the confectioner's sugar; the mixture will be very stiff.
  2. Mix together the water and salt; stir until salt is dissolved (this is an important step if you plan to tint the icing; whole salt crystals will leave bleached spots in colored icing). Drizzle water in a steady stream while beating icing. Blend in flavorings. Whip until icing is light and fluffy.
  3. Tint with paste food coloring (will not thin icing), if desired, and ice cake(s). Fills and frosts one 8 inch, 3 layer cake. Freeze any remaining icing up to three months.

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Thank you. It certainly sounds great, and I promise I won't tell "them"...
Nazaré


Great recipe - love the 3 flavorings - used to do some very amateur decorating, too. Maybe I'll try it again some day...will definitely use this icing! Thanks, Nat =)


Gave you a five for sharing. This will be in my wish list! Beautiful picture! You're amazing :0)


Excellent, thanks for sharing! Greetings from Costa Rica


Thank you for the wonderful frosting recipe!


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