Other than Sharon Zambito's buttercream what is another good one? I don't want to make Sharon's because I don't have hi-ratio shorting. I tried IndyDebi's but I honestly didn't like it at all. It tasted too much like Crisco.
I need a good simply one to use for a wedding shower on Sat for cupcakes.
TIA
Rick's Special Buttercream Frosting (Modified):
1 cup butter
1 cup shortening
2 lb pwd sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 -2 tsp clear vanilla (depending on taste)
4-6 oz heavy cream
Cream butter and shortening until fluffy. Add sugar and stir until well-blended. Beat in salt and vanilla and slowly add cream until you reach the desired consistency. Beat for 5 minutes or until fluffy.
If you don't like the shortening, you can use all butter. It just makes it a little more prone to melting.
Rick's Special Buttercream Frosting (Modified):
1 cup butter
1 cup shortening
2 lb pwd sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 -2 tsp clear vanilla (depending on taste)
4-6 oz heavy cream
Cream butter and shortening until fluffy. Add sugar and stir until well-blended. Beat in salt and vanilla and slowly add cream until you reach the desired consistency. Beat for 5 minutes or until fluffy.
If you don't like the shortening, you can use all butter. It just makes it a little more prone to melting.
Mine is similar to this. I thin with water instead of cream and do not mix it that long.
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp clear butter flavored extract
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
5 tblsp (or more) skim milk
1/4 cup fluffy whipped store bought frosting (white)
I get compliments on the flavor every time. The added store bought frosting gives me the consistency I am looking for.
I use IMBC exclusively.
What IMBC recipe do you use?
1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup butter
1/2 tsp clear butter flavored extract
1 tsp clear vanilla extract
5 tblsp (or more) skim milk
1/4 cup fluffy whipped store bought frosting (white)
I get compliments on the flavor every time. The added store bought frosting gives me the consistency I am looking for.
I just realized I forgot---
4 cups powdered sugar
[quote="SassySweetz"] I tried IndyDebi's but I honestly didn't like it at all. It tasted too much like Crisco.
This really does surprise me as the caterer that I bake for has ask me IF I use shortening in my buttercream. She loves my icing and didn't think that it was shortening based. I have never heard anyone say that before.
Since her recipe uses less shortening than most (2:1 sugar / fat ratio instead of 1:1 sugar/fat ratio) I find it just the opposite. I always thought that the reason that I couldn't taste the shortening is because of the Dream Whip but it may be that I beat (pulverize) the shortening for at least 15 minutes before adding any other ingredients. I also beat the icing forever after all of the powdered sugar has been added.
Anyway I just wanted to say that this is a first for me. I can understand that it may not be to your liking but that it "tasted too much like crisco" is very odd since most people that eat mine ask IF it has shortening in it. 
Hmmm...strange indeed 
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