Decorator Cake Icing

Submitted by Shawn C

"My mother and sister took a cake decorating class at a local college when i was young (boy i loved eating their homework!). this was a recipe that my mother had in her file after i moved out and came back home for a visit and decided to go through her recipe box for family recipes- this was in there and i don't know the origination of it."

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 1-2 cups

ingredients

• 1 lb 10x powdered sugar
• 1⁄3 cup shortening (prefer crisco)
• 1⁄4 cup water (room temp)
• 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 3 drops butter flavoring (found with other extracts etc in cake decorator aisle)
• any food coloring

directions

1. mix all ingredients on low. great for a kitchen aid mixer but hard on the arm if using a old time mixer. add color a few drops at a time until desired color is acheived.
2. you can also drop color into water if mixing several different colors to acheive a certain color.
3. pack into sleeve with tip needed and decorate!
4. **TIP** if using for several different colors that won't need a lot of icing like making flowers etc, mix beofre adding color and separate into several different sections then add coloring a little at a time to acheive color needed**.