I was going to try Indydebis Crisco-Based Buttercream Icing on my mom & dad's re-wedding cake. I have a normal recipe I use but with the reviews, I thought maybe I'd try that one. I know it says Crisco-based but that was written in 2008! I know that Crisco now is 0 Trans Fat and wanted to make sure that recipe still worked with the newer Crisco. Can anyone comment on that this morning?

THANKS!

It works fine. Indy has even said here on CC that she didn't notice when Crisco took out the trans fats. It's a good bc, esp in the summer heat.

I know that my crisco based recipe doesn't work with trans-fat free shortening. I had to search for a brand that still has trans-fat in it. I use Richfood brand.

I try a small batch first before using it on an important cake.

HTH

thanks for the responses gals.
I think I'll brave it and make it in an hour or so....
Hopefully, I wont have to make a second batch of something else.

It worked fine but was wayyy too sweet IMHO. I'll use it as a filling but still need to make another buttercream. Thanks again gals.

Adding some salt will help cut the sweetness. Some have even said adding lemon or pineapple juice would also, but I haven't tried that. I've just added more salt to mine, and it seems to help.

I did add salt. I found it tasted like the inside of an oreo so I used it to fill my chocolate cakes.