The BEST Buttercream

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I LOVE to make cakes and have played around with this buttercream recipe quite a bit. It’s a nice recipe that is easy to decorate a cake with as well and really easy to change the flavouring and colouring if you like. 

I’ve recently make the icing coconut and chocolate flavour and it easily changed into whatever flavour your wanting to add. The chocolate buttercream is slightly different as you’re adding cocoa powder and I will post that recipe below 


Buttercream Ingredients: 

1/2 cup butter (room temperature)

1/2 cup crisco vegetable shortening 

5 TBSP whipping cream (or milk but whipping cream works the best) 

1 tsp vanilla (or flavouring of choice) 

3 3/4 cup icing sugar 

Directions:

1. cream butter and shortening together until smooth 

2. Add cream and flavouring and mix until just combined  

3. Add icing sugar (and cocoa powder if making chocolate icing) and mix together. Start slow and then increase the speed once mixed and mix on medium speed for approximately 2 minutes or until it has thickened a bit. 

4. Now you’re ready to decorate your cake! 

Chocolate Buttercream Ingredients: 

1/2 cup butter (room temperature)

1/2 cup crisco vegetable shortening 

5 TBSP whipping cream (or milk but whipping cream works the best) 

1 tsp vanilla (or flavouring of choice) 

1/4 cup cocoa powder 

3 3/4 cup icing sugar 

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