Hi! I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction of a recipe for the kind of icing they use on cakes from Sam's Club or a supermarket bakery. I guess it's a whipped cream icing or something. Anyway, it doesn't have an overly sweet taste, and it still holds up well enough to use for decorating. My fiance isn't a big fan of how sweet buttercream can be, but I tried a whipped cream recipe that melted all over!
Thanks so much!
Katie
the whipped icing used in most bakeries is a product called Bettercream. It is a stable, non dairy whipped cream and the bakery at your favorite food store would probably sell you some, but it's a special order.
Sam's Club should sell it to you. They sell it in a large bucket for around $25 give or take a few dollars. You have to ask for it from the bakery and ask for one from their freezer.
What do they use on the cakes at CostCo? There was a discussion at work yesterday and everybody said they liked the whipped cream frosting at CostCo better than Sam's. Having only tried the colored ones at Sam's I didn't feel qualified to chip in (those are beyond nasty!).
I don't shop at Sam's but I do shop at Costco. I'm sure they would be willing to send you their icing as well.
They ship it to you cold. Evidently you're supposed to whip it up at your house.
I just contacted the bakery department at Sam's Club and they told me they don't sell their whipped cream icing. I asked to speak to a manager I was told I needed to call back to the main desk. The person I spoke to didn't know. Told me to call back in the AM to speak to the baker manager. Hope she sells me some. Wish me luck.
If you have a GFS where you live they carry Rich's. I just back from there. They had in a quart carton of Better Cream, 16 oz tub like what coolwhip comes in . bags that had a plastic tip they were, also had in a can. Where all in freezer section. Prices weren't to bad either.
Cheryl C
Don't know if this helps but I mix 1/2 BC with 1/2 whipped cream and it is a great combo..... not too sweet and not too bland 
I get raves about both the Whipped cream buttercream recipe found here and the Dream Whip recipe, but the favorite of EVERYONE here is when I mixed the two together! Its my standard now, although it is a pain to do ...two step whipped, which means washing bowl in between and transfering to another, then wash bowl again to make dream whip, then put together... 
but its worth the compliments I get from it!
Yes, the Whipped Cream Buttercream recipe from this site it really good, light and fluffy but a lot less sweet than regular buttercream. I like it but I tend not to use it because it does not crust. Can anyone tell me if the recipe from this site that uses Dream Whip crusts??
clc404-
I am surprised that Sam's club won't sell you their icing. I have a friend here in Columbus who loves their icing. Her husband went in and got a 5 gallon bucket of the stuff for her to "attempt" to make a cake for their daughter last year.
okay... and only on CC will I disclose that same friend (whose is really thrifty...ok...cheap) contacted me this past spring about doing her daughter's cake to make up for last year's disaster. I told her no problem. The catch was it had to be Sam's icing and she would supply it to keep her costs down. YOU GUESSED IT!!! It was the same icing left over from the previous April!!!! BLLLLLEEECKKKK!!! She had frozen the stuff for a YEAR. She brought it over to me in a ziploc bag. I was so shocked, I didn't know what to say- I just turned to put it in the fridge. She tells me that she doesn't think it has to be kept cool (WHAT???????). Then tells me she has had it out thawing on the kitchen counter for three days 
Needless to say, I told my DH to not let any of our three kids eat any cake. I made it a point to tell everyone at the party that it was my friend's favorite icing (so if anyone got sick I didn't get blamed)...never fear...she chimed right in and told all the guests...."It's the same stuff from last year...it still tastes good, doesn't it?" (VOMIT, VOMIT, VOMIT).
All that to say, good luck with Sam's and you can always use the line...You've done it for others...why not me?"
clc404-"It's the same stuff from last year...it still tastes good, doesn't it?" (VOMIT, VOMIT, VOMIT).
ROTFL!!! That is priceless....
I attempted to make the stabilized whip cream I saw in the wilton yearbook. But mine just turned to mush too. =*(
If anyone has a good recipe or any great tips, I'd love to hear them too.
Good luck in getting your whipped cream! =)
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