Another O Trans Fat Crisco Question

Decorating By punkyf Updated 15 Jul 2007 , 1:44am by Brickflor

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punkyf Posted 12 Jul 2007 , 11:39pm
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I tried my frosting with the O Trans F Crisco and it was terrible. I used Crisco, PD sugar, water, butter flavoring & vanilla flavoring. The mouth feel is not the same and it seems the frosting does not take the flavorings well. I tried it with milk last week and didn't like that either. What can I do to salvage this frosting? Any ideas? I hate to throw it away.

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cake-angel Posted 13 Jul 2007 , 5:36am
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try adding a couple of tablespoons of cornstarch to the batch. It helped mine out a lot.

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punkyf Posted 13 Jul 2007 , 2:31pm
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Would powdered flavored creamer do the same thing as cornstarch? My frosting really needs flavor. I added 1T vanilla extract and 1T Wiltons butter flavor to my 1c. O TF Crisco and 1lb PD sugar and water and it still doesn't have a very good flavor. Help!!

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cakebaker1957 Posted 13 Jul 2007 , 6:34pm
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Would powdered flavored creamer do the same thing as cornstarch? My frosting really needs flavor. I added 1T vanilla extract and 1T Wiltons butter flavor to my 1c. O TF Crisco and 1lb PD sugar and water and it still doesn't have a very good flavor. Help!!



Try more vanilla i tried the butter flavoring and really didnt like it, just try more vanilla and less water, or milk

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Anna31 Posted 13 Jul 2007 , 8:05pm
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Silly question here but can you tell me what cornstarch would do?? I'm trying to figure out what to do with this gosh darn new Crisco to!!!!

Anna

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roosterroses Posted 14 Jul 2007 , 2:44am
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I usually add a little bit of lemon extract - cuts the sweetness a bit and makes it fresh tasting!

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Suebee Posted 14 Jul 2007 , 2:47am
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You can still get the reg crisco at BJ's Warehouse Club.

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Wendoger Posted 14 Jul 2007 , 2:56am
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...the 'crisco' people say to add one teaspoon per cup of crisco of cornstarch to bring the stabilization back....

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ErinOBrien Posted 14 Jul 2007 , 2:59am
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I live in the northeast, I found that Wegman's brand shortening still has trans fat. Who knows how long until they change it, but for now, that is what I am using.

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Cookie4 Posted 14 Jul 2007 , 3:16am
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Cornstarch dries out a mixture.
Powedered Sugar attracts moisture.

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Brickflor Posted 15 Jul 2007 , 1:44am
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The frosting I make has a 2 part butter, 1 part crisco (the new healthy version) ratio, plus I use half and half instead of water. This has a wonderful taste, everyone who has it gets addicted (including me!), without the greasy mouth-feel. Plus it holds up well in heat and humidity. I use it for both frosting the cake and decorating

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