Buttercream or Chocolate Frosting Too
"Trial and error has produced this easy, never fail frosting for cupcakes or a cake. This makes enough for a cake or about 18 cupcakes."
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
18
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup shortening
- 1⁄2 cup butter, at room temp, no substitutes (1 stick)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 ounces evaporated skim milk
directions
- Mix softened butter with shortening with mixer, about 10 minutes on high speed. Add sugar. If chocolate frosting is desired, add up to 1/4 cup cocoa, depending on desired flavor. Continue mixing until completely blended.
- Add vanilla and evaporated milk (can use whipping cream) and blend on low several minutes until incorporated into the sugar-butter mixture. Beat at high speed until fluffy, at least several minutes.
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