Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2009

Wow! I made two birthday cakes yesterday for my mom and sister. I wanted something really special but not overly done so I whipped up a classic white cake and added sprinkles to the batter. I looked everywhere for an icing that caught my eye and this was it. I thought it was a bit tasteless, we're a 'the sweeter the better' type of family, so I added two tablespoons of confectioner's sugar to the finished icing. I also found it hard to use as it stuck to everything but the cake. I might try to put it in the fridge for a 1/2-1 hour before use next time. Despite everything I thought while making it, it really offset the taste of the cake perfectly and the sprinkles I added onto it really made for a beautiful picture. I don't think our family has had a better tasting cake that wasn't store bought so I'll be using it for all my white cake birthday cakes in the future.

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Ashley

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Reviewed: Jun. 27, 2009

I also followed the tips/recipe and it did not work for me either. A big waste of ingredients.

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Meleta

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Reviewed: May 21, 2009

I don't know what I must have done wrong...This didnt fluff up at all and I mixed for 25 minutes. I followed everybody's tips but it just didnt turn out.

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Reviewed: Aug. 10, 2008

I used this recipe for filling & under a fondant icing and everyone loved it. Good consistency to smooth on the cake. Tasted very good too. Lots of complements.

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stephanie

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Reviewed: Mar. 23, 2008

Heeding the advice of all the reviewers I tackled this recipe for cupcakes about half an hour before I was due for Easter dinner. It was all or nothing and I got all. I did the tiny stream with the milk and let it beat itself for 10 minutes into a beautiful fluff that tastes to me like Safeway Frosting (a good thing as my hostess adores Safeway frosting). I piped it out into a swirl, topped each cupcake with a marshmallow bunny and was out the door. It held its shape all the way into everyone's mouth. Kathryn in DC

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Kathryn

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Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2008

the icing tastes good but i suggest that you don't add milk or just add enough to make it the right consistancy. It was pretty runny for me.

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jordan

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Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2008

People who rated this recipe with one star either did not follow the instructions or were just plain IMPATIENT. Once you've mixed the ingredients together at first, it does look curdled...that one the author wasn't kidding, but whip it for 5 minutes and it looks beautiful. Cool it for a few minutes and whip it again, it's just heavenly. The taste was awesome. Not to sweet and surprisingly fluffy. I did follow others advice and mixed the sugar with the warm milk and cornstarch. I also added 1/2 tbsp more cornstarch and 1/4 cup more butter. It seems little but it made a lot of difference in the texture and stiffness. I used this for a birthday cake. Everyone (yes, everyone) asked for the recipe.

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Reviewed: Apr. 1, 2007

I tried making a Lady Baltimore icing recipe, but it was too humid to set up. I made this recipe as a substitute and it was unlike any icing I've ever had. It was great, a very mild tasting icing. I'll be using this recipe again!

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Caragiel

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2007

I use this recipe all the time when I bake cakes for Church and everyone just loves it

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BrendaGoff

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Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2006

I made this to frost cookies....not a good idea! I think it would be fine on cake though...it turned out really nice at first then I put it in the fridge for a while and tried to use it after that....It looked like it had curdled.

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Chowchick

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Home Town: Linton, Indiana, USA

Living In: Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2006

This was amazing and a life saver! I just made it in an early thanksgiving frenzy!

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Reviewed: Aug. 12, 2006

I decided to give this a try, but something seems to be missing to make it thicker, anyway the whole thing ends in a mess.

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Andrea L.

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Reviewed: Jul. 9, 2006

This was superbly creamy -- sweet without being sickening, and very easy to make. I took others' advise and used the full amount of butter called for, and then rather than 6 tbsp of shortening, I sed 3 tbsp shortening and 3 tbsp more butter. I used peppermint extract rather than vanilla to preserve the white and beat it longer than called for as recommended by others. It was easy to work with and I though it tasted great!!

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2006

*IMPORTANT* You can easily avoid a sloppy mess by VERY SLOWLY streaming the milk and cornstarch mixture into the butter and shortening while beating with the mixer. You will much more quickly have a creamy consistency for this icing/filling!

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2006

very good

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Tyler

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Reviewed: Dec. 26, 2005

very good. I had no problem with the it being gritty, but it did have the greasy-stay-in-your-mouth feel. i liked that it wasn't overly sweet and was extremly creamy. I used it on cupcakes, not sure how it would hold up on a cake. Will definitely make again, decreasing the shortening by half and instead adding additional butter. Thought about adding whipping cream but it's way creamy enough.

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Constance

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Home Town: Annapolis, Maryland, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2005

This was a very smooth not too sweet icing. It was nice to use on some very sweet cookies I made. I used butter flavor crisco, and I didn't seem to notice the shortning taste as much as others have said. Turned out just fine.

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Tygrin

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Reviewed: Sep. 10, 2005

This is not icing. I totally agree with "cadillacdriver" when she said that it is a filler for pastries. It's not bad tasting, I found it a little grainy (I beat for 5 min) but the name of this is definately misleading.

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2005

I made this recipe today with a cake from scratch and it's delicious!! I had no problems with the frosting/icing recipe! Not grainy, not too thin at all!! I followed the recipe to a tee other than added maybe an extra 1/4 tsp. of cornstarch to the milk and stirred that up really well.

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Reviewed: Aug. 12, 2005

I really like this icing it isn't too sweet which is what I personally like.......very creamy as well.

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