How Many Batches Of Buttercream Can Your Kitchenaid Hold??
Decorating By pottedmeatchunks Updated 30 Oct 2007 , 12:27am by jen1977
So I made a triple batch of buttercream and put in 3 TABLEspoons of vanilla as opposed to 3 teaspoons. Then I decided I would make another triple batch with no vanilla, and mix it all together and all would be well. Once I had all 6 batches of buttercream in there I realized I might have overdone it...but it churned baby! Yes, there IS a benefit to owning the over-the-top 6 qt professional grade kitchenaid 
OK so there are 2 things I'm jealous of here:
1) your 6qt KA (I have GOT to get me one of those)
2) your clean kitchen. Just how do you do that exactly?
very pretty
--i only chance 3 batches in my prof HD KA! What is a clean kitchen---Sunday nites ... always cleaning up the weekend!! Or supposed to be...but I am on CC instead LOL
Yeah my DH just came in here and asked me if I was going to be cleaning up my mess tonight? or would he be making his ham sandwich tomorrow covered in BC. I told him please don't bug me, I'm DECOMPRESSING 
B/C recipes don't all make the same amounts. 
The Wilton b/c recipe only calls for 4 cups of powdered sugar:
http://www.wilton.com/recipes/recipesandprojects/icing/bcream.cfm
Even I can easily make 3 batches of this at one time.
(If I wanted to....blech!)
Don't think many could make triple batches of Sugarshack's b/c recipe:
(Calls for 5# of powdered sugar.)
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-5163-Sugarshacks-icing-and-Tips.html
So I made a triple batch of buttercream and put in 3 TABLEspoons of vanilla as opposed to 3 teaspoons. Then I decided I would make another triple batch with no vanilla, and mix it all together and all would be well. Once I had all 6 batches of buttercream in there I realized I might have overdone it...but it churned baby! Yes, there IS a benefit to owning the over-the-top 6 qt professional grade kitchenaid
I have that mixer, and I've made quite a bit of buttercream already! I LOVE it! Got it as a wedding present less than two months ago, but have already put it through it's paces with buttercream, whipped cream, doughnut dough, and a double-batch of NFSC dough. Whoot! Greatest mixer EVER for the home kitchen!!!!!
I didn't know it could do that, boy I can save a lot of time now. I have only been making one batch at a time in my KA. Thanks for the info and pics.
Well worth the dime spent...
Hey, that's the same mixer I have (she is named Pearl). Love her to death!!
I've never tried a double batch of NFSC. I'm too scared!
Okay, what container do you have that will store that much BC?
I have a 5 qt. bowl lift and my one batch uses 4# of powdered sugar and is full to the top like yours. I hate making icing, so I fill up that baby!
Michelle...I have a 6qt KA, and tried to make a double batch of the no-fails, and they failed me! The only time ever that they didn't work! I actually had to knead it by hand some because it was too much for the mixer! I have no idea how anyone could get a double batch of no fails in a 6qt mixer! I would love to know how they did it!
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