So I've been playing around with Indydebi's buttercream recipe, which I love, but I wanted it to have a hint of butter flavor so I wound up adding some almond and butter flavoring to it and I think it's come out great. Just wanted to share it in case anyone was interested.

Basically I make a double batch of Indy's BC using only 4 T of vanilla and add 1/4 t of clear butter flavoring and 1/8 t of clear almond extract. I've made it several times now and each time it's gotten amazing reviews. I'd love to hear what anyone else thinks!

This sounds yummy! I'll try probably this weekend and let you know how it turns out.

Out of curiosity, what brand of butter flavoring do you use?

Also, that's 4 tablespoons of vanilla right?

I also like adding almond flavoring to my BC, but I found early on that you have to be very careful because that stuff is strong!

I agree, I always add butter, vanilla and almond flavouring to this recipe., as well as a few drops of lemon. The lemon brightens the taste without imparting any lemon flavour.

One other thing I do is to add 1/2 c of the milk to the powdered dream whip and heat it in the microwave before adding it. No graininess, just velvety smooth deliciousness!!

I do that flavor combo too! I also use liquid french vanilla coffee creamer, (instead of half and half.) and heat it for 30 sec with the the dream whip.