I'm looking for a good buttercream recipe that is flexible enough wrt consistency. I hate shortening, so please could someone direct me to an all butter recipe, that isn't too sweet either.
I've just started baking, so the few recipes that I did make were too sweet, or didn't hold up well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Mommyle I have tried substituting, doesn't really work. I was looking for a recipe that was specifically made with butter. And since I'm pretty new to baking, have't really gathered up the courage to make SMBC
carissa123 Thanks for the link. It was quite informative 
well, mine is a crisco based but people tell me it's not too sweet (something I dont' understand because it's made of SUGAR!) and it's the only icing I've used for over 25 years. Fellow CC'ers who have tried it seem to like it ok. It holds up in super extremely hot heat and humidity. I've never had melt-down. It's crusts great.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-6992-Indydebis-Crisco-Based-Buttercream-Icing.html
I would like to see if you could give me a good butter creme icing recipe thats not sweet at all just good tasting thank you very much
Not really sure for what you are looking. All buttercreams are made with sugar, so they are all going to be sweet. I personally find the icings made with confectioner's/powdered/icing sugar to be cloyingly sweet and so I stick with the meringue-based buttercreams. I also find that using all or mostly butter and not vegetable shortening gives the icing a richer taste while the icings using all or mostly vegetable shortening seem to taste only of the sweetness of the sugar.
HTH!
Mix the salt with water first before you add to your buttercream,, A lesson I learned the hard way!!
Have you tried popcorn salt? I'm guessing that you have had a certain grittiness in your buttercream. I don't find that with the popcorn salt. HTH
What recipe have you been using?
I am still searching for that one perfect recipe. I've tried quite a few, and I've given up hopes of finding a crusting one, but I'd atleast like one that wasn't so sweet.
Try a meringue-based buttercream. They are very rich and buttery and not cloyingly sweet like confectioner's/powdered/icing sugar based buttercreams.
carissa123 wrote:
Mix the salt with water first before you add to your buttercream,, A lesson I learned the hard way!!
Have you tried popcorn salt? I'm guessing that you have had a certain grittiness in your buttercream. I don't find that with the popcorn salt. HTH
Pickling salt is the same thing as popcorn salt and is cheaper.
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