Question About Buttercream

Decorating By snoopy3 Updated 24 Mar 2008 , 10:07pm by 7yyrt

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snoopy3 Posted 24 Mar 2008 , 2:14pm
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I make the 1/2 crisco, 1/2 butter, flavoring, 4 cups sugar and 2 tbsp milk buttercream I use this on my cakes and cupcakes. I like to work with this icing, but on my cupcakes especially, I would like a non crusting buttercream. I would like it to be creamy and with mine, it tends to get quite crustry. To me, when you eat a cupcake, it should be creamy, but would the icing stand up as well??

This might be a silly question, but what make the buttercream crust?? I like the taste of this icing and the simplicity of making it...

any suggestions??

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7yyrt Posted 24 Mar 2008 , 2:37pm
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Buttercream crusts because of the ratios between fat and sugar, I think. Here is a huge! thread - http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-1353-everything.html+wanted
Here is a recipe for a no crust buttercream.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1610-0-No-Crust-Buttercream-Icing.html

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snoopy3 Posted 24 Mar 2008 , 4:32pm
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Have you worked with this non crusting recipe? Does it hold up well??

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7yyrt Posted 24 Mar 2008 , 10:07pm
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I notice it has a five star rating, I believe many decorators here like it.
I used it once, smoothed with a hot, dry spatula. I liked it very much, but my folks prefer the crusting one.
I use the Wilton class recipe using all butter instead of Crisco.

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