Does anyone know a recipe without using extracts, one you also can make swirl with?

You can add raspberry preserves or raspberry puree to your favorite icing recipe.

HTH

agreed with Jan... i add a little bit of the sleeve raspberry filling to my regular vanilla BC until the flavor is right.

the fillings that come in a sleeve are similar to a jam or puree. you can order them on Oasis Supply (best prices i've found) and they aren't real watery. if you're worried about the consistency of your icing, try making it stiff without a lot of water or milk and then using the liquid from the puree to thin it out.

use the juice from fresh frozen rasberries, just thaw them and strain them and use the juice in with a buttercream icing

1-1/2 cup of crisco
2 sticks of unsalted room temp butter
1/2 cup rasberry juice
2lbs of c.sugar.......
add extra flavoring if you want a stronger taste

the crisco cuts the sweetness of the raspberry but if you want to try it out.
let me know
use 2 16oz bags defrosted to get the 1/2 cup of juice

There's a recipe on the box of Presto cake flour that has a delicious looking raspberry cake and raspberry buttercream on it. I don't have the recipe handy but the buttercream used raspberry syrup which I think you can find in the grocery story aisle that has chocolate syrup. I would imagine you could just add a few squirts of this syrup right into your buttercream. Hold back on some of the liquid when making your buttercream so it won't be too soft once you add the syrup.

thankyou everybody for your tips and ideas. I used cakebymark s recepies and made the most delious buttercreame ever. I used all butter.