I just completed the three wilton courses and was asked to make our family a cake for Christmas. So, I've decided to make a basket of poinsettias cake since I love doing the basketweave and think it will make a festive cake. My question is...How do I do this AND make a really tasty cake and frosting? I don't want to just make a regular old cake with buttercream frosting, but all the recipes I've found that look good call for other frostings that I'm afraid I won't be able to do a basketweave with. Any ideas? Thanks!
One thing you can do is make it half shortening and half cream cheese or butter, and add a generous amount of flavoring (I like pure vanilla extract). Instead of water, you can add heavy cream or whipping cream, or even half and half.
It will make a delicious icing that you can still use to decorate. HTH.
P.S. Some buttercreams are very good, like Italian and Swiss, unlike the American version that, IMO, disgusting.
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