I have heard SOOO much aout indydebi's BC, so I picked up the stuff to try it. I am wondering how it tastes compared to Wilton's. I have only used Wilton's and actually kinda liked the taste of it.

I should have added this into the other post I just made, but i forgot. Sorry.

Well, the taste can be anything you WANT it to be depending on what flavoring you put in it. The real treasure in Indydebi's recipe is the recipe itself. The ratio of fat to sugar makes it an excellent crusting buttercream. The addition of Dream Whip seems to help stabilize it when whipped on high for a while. It is shelf stable for days on end. It is all around a wonderful recipe and beats the pants off the Wilton recipe. But again, the taste can be anything you want it to be.

I prefer Indydebi's to Wilton. To me, hers is easier to make and I liked the flavor better

I have to agree - I LOVE Indydebi's, and it's the only recipe I use any more. I add all kinds of different flavorings to it, and throw random stuff in, and it's always perfect. And everywhere I go, everyone wants to know what my recipe is.

Indydebi's buttercream is wonderful. It doesn't melt off of the sides of the cake in the heat the way Wilton's recipe does. It crusts well enough that you can smooth it easily. Even though it's all-crisco, it doesn't leave your mouth feeling greasy. It's not even hard to wash off of the bowl or bags.

I sound like a commercial...but it really is that good. Try it

i had a really quick question about indydebi's recipe as well. i've been hearing a lot of people concerned about the fact that crisco is now trans fat free and they've been changing what their using. so, for this recipe, do you need to change to a shortneing that has trans fat or will crisco still work okay?

I've read where Indydebi has said that she continues to use plain old Crisco and never noticed a change with the "new" Crisco. I use the WalMart vegetable shortening, which does still have transfat in it.

To me, nothing beats the taste of real butter!!

Love, love, love it! I think the dream whip adds back in the trans fat....what ever it is, it's wonderful. I use it for everthing and I live in Oklahoma, the humidity is horrible...but it holds up and tastes fabulous!

Seems like I have to add more than a 1/2 cup of millk though. Its SUPER stiff with 1/3 cup. Anyone else have to do this?

What I love about this recipe, is how I dont have to measure the sugar, just throw the whole bag in. LOVE IT!

Thanks guys! I'm gonna try my first batch in a little bit!