Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2008

This is my first review on AllRecipes and I regret that it is a negative one. I followed this recipe as written, except I used 1/2 cup butter and 1-1/2 cups shortening. There is no butter flavor at all, and it is sickening sweet. Also a tad greasy, but another reviewer mentioned that Crisco should not be used, and that is what I used. I'll be sticking with my old buttercream recipe. This was a disappointment.

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Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2008

this is awesome. i subbed half the crisco with butter and it was great. rave reviews from everyone at my daughter's third birthday party!

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alohakix

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Reviewed: Nov. 17, 2008

I was looking for something other than frosting out of a can for my sons birthday cake. Admittedly this is the first one I tried because the ingredients could not get any easier. Well, Im glad I did because this frosting was so fluffy and easy to spread and for piping, too. It was not too greasy either. Great frosting and it definitely goes into the recipe box. Thank you!

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3boysand1girl

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

This frosting turned out bad! I followed the recipe as is and did not care for the results.

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The Noble's

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Reviewed: Nov. 16, 2008

Wow!!!This frosting is better than any I have tasted,including from the bakery...This is my new frosting.

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Reviewed: Nov. 14, 2008

I've done it with half butter and half crisco and then I've done it with all crisco. My family likes it either way, but there not as picky with their baked goods as they are with cooking. But I will use this recipe from now on. Easy and delish!

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2008

I changed the recipe to be 1 cup butter and 1 cup shortning and I didn't have electric beaters so we did it by hand. Therefore I don't think it got as fluffy as it should have, but it was DELICIOUS! Even my best friend who usually scrapes frosting off was stealing the extras out of the fridge to put on cookies!

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Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2008

I made this frosting back in August for my grandsons 3rd birthday. I made a train cake and used this frosting to decorate a 3-D Thomas train and a loaf and cupcakes. It was easy to decorate with and the intricate details held up under the humidity. The only negative about it was the taste. I thought it tasted a little greasy, although everyone else thought it tasted good. I used 1 1/2 cups shortening and 1/2 cup butter. Next time I'll try 1/2 of each.

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Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008

I used 1/2 unsalted butter and 1/2 shortening. It is amazing the next day! Also if you are having trouble with the frosting separating and being greasy, make sure that the shortening that you are using has at least 1 grams of trans fat in the ingredients (therefore not Crisco). If it has 0 trans fat then there is nothing to hold the frosting contents together and it will slide off of the cake. I found this out the hard way. Anyway great recipe! Will use over and over again.

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MandaLynne

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2008

Great recipe. I did half it because I didn't need that much...still had tons left over.

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2008

This is the best buttercream I think I've ever had. I did substitute half butter, half shortening, but other than that I followed the recipe exactly. 8 cups of powdered sugar seems like it would make the icing sickly sweet, but once you add in the whipping cream and get it whipped up nice and stiff, the icing balances really well with the sweetness of the cake. I used it to ice cupcakes for work and it iced 30 cupcakes and I still have enough leftover for at least 10 more. This will be going in my family recipes book.

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2008

AWESOME frosting!! I have been trying all of them on this site lately and this has been my favorite!! I did as some suggested and used 1 1/2 cup shortening and 1/2 cup of butter and used butter flavoring as well as vanilla. So good and I got soooooo many compliments. This recipe does make A LOT. I had a lot to frost so it was great for me. I was able to frost 33 cupcakes and 2 bundt cakes and I still had enough left over to do a few dozen sugar cookies. Please try this recipe, its great!!

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April M

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2008

It's good, pretty frosting. Way better tasting than supermarket cake frosting. It does not get 5 stars though, because I am in love with the buttercream frosting from the Dutch Bakery in Victoria, Canada and I'm saving my 5 for one that tastes like that if I ever find it. This was a little too heavy and sweet to be perfect, yet it's wonderful to work with, beautiful and it is much tastier than anything store bought!

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2008

I made a last minute birthday cake for my sis today with the supplies I had in the pantry because I didn't want to go out in the rain for groceries. I made this recipe with 2 cups Parkay, 1/2 cup regular Crisco, 2tsp vanilla, and 8 cups powdered sugar. I was going to use milk to replace the cream but didn't even need it. It turned out great and the taste was amazing! It was just the right amounts of buttery flavor and sweetness. Not too sweet. I worked perfect for spreading and for decorating. Everyone loved it! I'm not much of a baker so I was very pleased with the ease of making it too. I just used a box cake mix but with the flavor of the icing it tasted like homemade. Will definitely use this recipe again!

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2008

This is a great buttercream!!!!!! My new favorite.

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dara

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Reviewed: Oct. 25, 2008

I'm a rather novice cook and even less of a baker. I made this yesterday for my two-year old's birthday party. I halved the recipe to frost a 13 x 9 cake. I had about a cup of frosting leftover. I used other reviewer's advice and made it with half butter and half shortening. I cut down on the salt because I used salted butter. At first when the frosting was done it tasted a little greasy, but I decided to go ahead and use it anyway. I had to stick it in a fridge for an hour before I could frost the cake. That must have helped because after I frosted the cake, it was delicious, light and sweet. I will definitely use this frosting from now on.

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Reviewed: Oct. 21, 2008

This icing is AMAZING! I looked at the recommendations from others and made the following changes. I used 1 cup of butter flavored shortening and 1 cup of butter. I also added 1 teaspoon of butter flavor (I'll probably use 2 tsp. next time) I piped icing and made decorations with no problem. I was licking the icing of the spoon like ice cream, because it was so good.

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Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2008

I did change this based on other reviews, 1 1/2 c shortening, 1/2 c butter and added 1 tsp Wilton's butter flavoring. This frosting is awsome! Great bakery flavor! Definately a keeper!

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dani

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Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2008

This was pretty good frosting. My mother-in-law pointed out the fact that it didn't taste like butter and I should've used butter flavored shortening... but all in all I thought it was tasty and it got compliments from other guests.

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2008

I just made this for a party cake. It was amazing. Followed the recipe exactly. It tastes like a bakery frosting. I will sure to be using this one again.

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