Snow-White Flavoured Buttercream Icing

Submitted by Shandibear

"A great icing, makes enough for two gingerbread houses or about four cakes! I love this at the holidays, easily reduced as well, or store the icing for the next cake you make!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 7 cups

ingredients

• 2⁄3 cup water
• 4 tablespoons wilton meringue powder
• 12 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approx. 3 lbs)
• 1 1⁄4 cups solid shortening
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon wilton almond extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon wilton clear vanilla extract
• 1⁄4 teaspoon wilton butter flavor extract

directions

1. Combine water and Meringue Powder.
2. Whip at high speed until peaks form.
3. Add four cups sugar, one cup at a time, beating after eash addition at low speed.
4. alternately add shortening and remainder of sugar.
5. add salt and flavourings.
6. beat at low speed until smooth.

Reviews

[mrs. nesbitt]

this is a very good crusting buttercream recipe. i used it for my wedding cake. i did have a few changes to the ingredients though -- decreased the meringue powder to 2 tablespoons and added 4 tablespoons of cornstarch, also i increased the clear vanilla to 1 1/2 teaspoons; for the salt, i used popcorn salt. overall though, i would give this recipe 5 stars!