Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2009

Nice simple recipe. Not too sweet and no greasy shortening feel. Just need to double up the recipe to ice a whole cake.

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mysticcher

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Irvine, California, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2009

Incedible! I realized, too late, that my homemade cream cheese frosting wasn't enough to cover a very big layer cake. I whisked this Vanilla Frosting up in less than 5 minutes and used in between the layers. Next time I'll use it for the whole cake, I love that extra vanilla tase!

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Sheila T

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Home Town: Levittown, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2009

On the advice of Red Apple, I did half butter and half shortening. I added and added xxx sugar until things were getting pretty crumbly before adding any of the liquid. I think weather was working against me, and that buttercream roses are parked somewhere on the fringe of my patience's limits, if not my talent's STILL, the taste of this was good even having gone with half shortening. For a tasty buttercream, this is nice. For roses, I'm not the one to ask.

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Hezzy_tant_Cook

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Reviewed: Aug. 29, 2009

I've been baking and decorating cakes for over 20 years and this is my new favorite buttercream recipe! Easy to adjust the consistency, and has a WONDERFUL flavor. I tried it with almond extract and it was absolutely lovely. Will be keeping this one for sure!

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ROCKINLITTLEANGEL

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Reviewed: Aug. 28, 2009

This is a great buttercream recipe. I always use the same one, but I decided to try a few others. This one is different because you use unsalted butter which results in a lighter, slightly less sweet flavor. I liked whipping this icing for an extra few minutes as well as the butter in the beginning, it is a keeper!

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MySweetCreations

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Living In: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 28, 2009

this is great! i tripled the recipe and had more than enough to frost a 2-layer 9-inch chocolate cake. i tinted it pink for my daughter's birthday cake and it looked fabulous. the flavor is excellent, very vanilla-ee :)

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BECCAP

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Living In: Lady Lake, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 27, 2009

This is delicious but you def. need to double or triple the recipe in order to have enough. I made a cake and 4 dozen foot shaped cookies and I had to triple the recipe to have enough.

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rebecca in va

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Reviewed: Aug. 26, 2009

I used this icing when I decorated a doll cake. It worked out great. I found it to be sweet (as most buttercreams are), but everyone else enjoyed it.

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Kathleen M.

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

This was great, paired it with my mom's bisquick cake recipe from years ago. Everyone loved it. I did double the recipe, except I accidentially only used 1/2 C of butter and had to add another 1/4 of milk, it was great. Would definitely make again. I would recommend a double recipe for a 9x13 cake.

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

Very easy and tasty recipe, easy to work with as well. Will use again.

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chocoluvs

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Reviewed: Aug. 21, 2009

perfect and easy! in order to give the icing a little more structure without taking away from taste, i substitute a small portion of the butter with crisco, that way it hold shape better but still has that homely taste butter adds to icing.

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Fleuryous Fan

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 12, 2009

My first frosting attempt, and it was good. It does taste quite buttery, but thats probrably my fault I used the cheapest butter you can buy = ). I also made it in my food processor, and I doubled it. Next time I want to use the good butter and see how that goes!

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SHELLBELL

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Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2009

GREAT RECIPE! I made a few changes to meet my childrens dietary needs. Instead of butter I used spectrum organic all vegetable shortening...palm oil, and I used confectionary sugar with tapioca flour instead of cornstarch, (found at whole foods) Then milk I used rice milk! My kids have never had frosting, this was great for my daughters 4th birthday! Thanks for posting it!!

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Reviewed: Aug. 6, 2009

great recipe! I added 3 drops of lemon juice and it came out perfect for my family. Kids are licking the bowl. Thanks for sharing.

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Sepi

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Home Town: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 6, 2009

only made enough for about 1 1/2 or 2 dozen cookies

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Renee

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Reviewed: Aug. 5, 2009

Yummy, no problems with the recipe as written!

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Keri Dameron

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Home Town: Anchorage, Alaska, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 2, 2009

very good icing. Add a bit of sifted cocoa, and you have chocolate icing! A bit too soft for piping roses, but can decrease amount of liquid, or add more sugar to make it stiffer, and that would work great. Very easy to make, and great recipe. Thanks for sharing!

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MARIAM

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Living In: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2009

I really didn't care for this icing. It lacked any flavor, and I used 2 teaspoons of vanilla. I gave it 2 stars because the texture was perfect and the finished cake looked very lovely. But it's lacking in flavor.

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Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2009

Thank you so much for posting this. I am a good cook but have no experience baking. I tripled this recipe, divided it to add color, and made a perfect Elmo cake using the Elmo cake pan they have every where. Everyone loved the cake. This is great buttercream. Since there is no shortening it doesn't taste gross -like Crisco. This recipe is a keeper. Again I tripled it without a problem and had maybe 1 1/2 - 2 cups left over which I froze.

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Reviewed: Jul. 27, 2009

Absolutely the best!! I've tried many buttercream frosting and love this one the best.

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CINDUMS67

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dekalb, Illinois, USA

Living In: Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA

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Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing

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