I have never used the 50/50 butter cream. Will it crust like the one that is crisco only? Will I be able to smooth it with the paper towel? I'm just curious to know do not want to be dissapointed. Thanks Caixa.

the 50/50 recipe is the only one I use. It will crust like the al crisco, however you need to give it enough time, expecially if it is humid or warm in your house. I usually give it 10-15 minutes while I am cleaning up stuff around the kitchen.

Now for the paper towel method I don't see why it won't work, however I have never tried it. I put on my icing with the icer tip, smooth the lines from the icer tip with an angled spatula, then let crust well. Once crusted I use the small wooden roller (usually used for fondant) and roll lightly over the cake and it smooths out wonderfully.

Hope this answers all your questions, if not let me know.

leily

WHAT IS THE RECIPE FOR THE 50/50
BC? I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
NEW AND THEN MODIFY NOT TO MAKE SO
SWEET. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS RECIPE!
VICKI

The paper towel method works very well with the 50/50 BC. I let it crust then ues the fondant smoother to smooth over the paper towel. Hope this helps.

Thanks a lot for your reply I aprecciated, I' ll be doing this cake next friday for my 3 year old. Caixa.

Thanks Mis for the reply.
I already do that one, just trying to find a
less sweeter one that can be viva'd

..gotcha! Have you tried the Drewm Whip icing recipe? It is not real sweet at all.

What is the dream whip icing recipe?

Ditto! I would love to know about the Dream whip recipe also.

There are several versions but here is a link with some info and a recipe:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-20183-dream.html+whip