on the bc recipe posted as bright white bc by cakemanOH...

7 cups 6x powdered sugar (very important to use 6x)
1 cup Hi Ratio Shortening
1/2 cup water
2 TBS. Icing Base (Sometimes called Brite White)
1/2 tea. popcorn salt
1 to 2 tea. Magic Line Creme Bouquet
2 drops Vinegar ( stops cracking of icing)


what is 6x powdered sugar? where do i get this, the hi ratio shortening and the icing base? imagic line creme bouguet? what is the function or purpose of those specific ingredients that it should not be substituted? i have never seen these in my stores (maybe i'm not looking?)

Gordon's (GFS) sells 6x powdered sugar. Sam's club sells 10x powdered sugar. Sweetex, I believe, is one name brand of high-ratio shortening. It is said that it hold up better than Crisco. As for the icing base and "cream bouquet", sorry, I can't help.

thanks for your input. so what is the difference between 6x p sugar and 10x p sugar and just plain old p sugar?

melysa,

I tried to answer this question (and the others) when you posted to the recipe thread.....

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-52066-.html

You can get both 6x powdered sugar (25 lbs) and Sweetex hi-ratio shortening (50 lbs) from GFS (www.gfs.com). The powdered sugar is a regular store item and when I picked it up last week it was $15. The hi-ratio shortening you have to special order. They quoted me $61.99 but we had our local grocery store order it for us (since they get a truck from GFS once a week) and grocery store manager only charged us $58, so we saved $4 from what we would have had to paid GFS directly. If you can find the hi-ratio shortening locally, I would highly recommend buying it and save yourself the high shipping and handling costs.

I think "magic line creme bouquet" is a typo and perhaps he meant to say "creme bouquet". There are a few websites you can order it from. I've seen it on http://www.nationalflavors.com/ and they also have the icing base. However, they don't list prices or shipping information. I just sent them a question asking about it so hopefully they'll get back to me soon.