Yesterday I made the house recipe of the WBH (Whimsical Bakehouse). It turne out great, it's smooth and shiny and it went on the cake, literally like butter. I used it for a cupcake cake. Great buttercream to work with. Still, I wasn't too crazy about the taste. Although it felt like silk in my mouth, I could taste the crisco. Also, it didn't take color well. I guess it's because of the consistency. Great for frosting, not so great for decorating. What do you think?
Oh, I know all about this too...until someone on here (thanks!) told me to use hi-ratio shortning and it is sooooooo much better. You can't taste the shortning with the hi-ratio. I too found that it went on like butter...very nice to work with and from now on, it's the only icing I will use unless they want something alittle sweeter. I also added another 1-2 cups of icing sugar and another 2-3 tsps of vanilla...just to add to the taste.
However, I found that it piped pretty good...I haven't tried to make roses or anything like that with it, and maybe the Wilton BC would be better for somethings like that...but I found it held it's shape very well. The 2 tier cake in my photos was with the WBH icing (I used the vegetable shortning for this before I knew better...) and although I didn't do anything like roses, I found the border held up and the cornelli lace was easy to apply.
Try the hi-ratio shortning...much better IMHO
I am looking for the cake recipe to this. If you have it could you PM it to me? Thanks so much,.
Would someone please post the recipe for the WBH buttercream? Or, if you want, you can PM me with it. I have a large cake due on Friday and I would love to use this icing. 
Thanks,
Sandra
Here is a link to the WBH buttercream: http://cakescanada.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=66&highlight=whimsical
Thanks! I'm very anxious to try it since I've heard good things about it.
Where do you get hi ratio shortening? I've heard about it before, but have no idea where to buy it.
I get mine locally at a cake decorating store. Here's a link for hi-ratio shortening from Country Kitchens: http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?T=1&productId=619115
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