Reviewed: Feb. 17, 2012

Waxy texture, very little taste. May have been fine for writing, but when I tried to write with it the liquid separated out and came out the top of my piping bag, leaving a dry, waxy paste in the bag that took forever to clean out. Don't waste your time with this frosting.

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feb9kitty

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Clifton Park, New York, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2011

made this with much concern and after tasting it decided that I would not make it again, but since I had no other options at the time and the cake was needed the next day I used it and GLAD i did... I used it to ice the cake as well as pipe decor on it... The taste only improves with time... My cake turned out great...will be using this OFTEN...

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Victoria

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Wiggins, Mississippi, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2011

I have been making this recipe for years. I have found the longer you let it mix the easier the sugar blends into the icing. I mix it for 10-minutes and I have found that the sugar almost melts into the mixture. If it is gritty at all by the time I serve the cake it is fine. This icing is requested by friends and family ALL the time. It is exceptional on a dark chocolate cake. I have also added cocoa powder to the sugar/shortening mix and it makes an excellant chocolate icing.

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Nancy Umstead

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2011

The texture of this frosting was questionable. I didn't like the regular granulated sugar in it, because it made the frosting crunchy. I wish I'd tried powdered sugar. The frosting didn't really have much of a flavor, but it did have a waxy feel like one other comment stated. For flavor, I added a small box of orange jello mix and a couple extra tablespoons of evaporated milk. I did not understand why the butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla needed to be beaten/mixed for 8-10 minutes. This is excessive. It's not like I'm making a froth or whipping egg whites.

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mommakg

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2010

I needed a quick recipe to frost funfetti cupcakes and I didnt have 10x sugar, so I tried this...I used real butter, crisco, and imported vanilla and it tasted like eating lard...The only thing I could think of to make it have a taste was to pour near a whole package of jello raspberry jello in it...It did help, but I won't be making this again

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Kathleen U

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2009

Sorry to give a bad review, but no matter what I tried from other reviewers--powdered sugar, extra vanilla, butter instead of margarine--it still turned out tasting like straight shortening. Very pretty frosting, though.

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NURSENICKI

Reviewed: Mar. 8, 2009

The only thing I did different was use Powdered Sugar instead of white sugar. It came out just like the whipped cream frosting I've had from bakeries. I WILL suggest the following: make sure you use butter and not margarine or spread. Also, really beat it well. It takes awhile for the evap milk to start setting.

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TREESAP

Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2008

My husband LOVES this frosting, I add a little more sugar and vanilla to give the flavor a boost.

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Jespooky

Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2007

This recipe was one that I decided to try because it seemed easy and I had all the ingredients in the house. Along with what other raters have to say, I found it quite waxy tasting when in the bowl, but when I tried it spread thinly on a cupcake, it tasted fine. I probably wouldn't be making it again, as there's nothing extraordinary about it and it just wasn't what I was looking for.

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