Reviewed: Sep. 4, 2008

not sure if it was me or not...I'm usually a pretty good cook...but one cup of shortening..with 8 cups of powder sugar...was a bad bad combo...first...way way way toooo sweet, second..too crumbly, I ended throwing the whole thing out, as all I could taste was powdered sugar. and instead I took 1 cup of butter flavor shortening, 1 cup of regular shortening, 6cups of powdered sugar, eyeballed some almond extract, and about 6oz of whipping cream...yummoooo :) and it set beautifully. but this was just too sweet, and hardened to much.

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coley

Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2008

Be careful to use only 2 Tablespoons water if using margarine. Add additional water drop by drop. Margarine has a lot of water in it. We made the recipe for a wedding cake and used margarine. The result was an icing the consistency of pancake batter. We had to add another 6 cups of sugar to thicken it. It would be better to add only a little water if using margarine and then adding additional water only a drop at a time.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2008

It's not what I was looking for. I thought it left a greasy feeling on the roof of my mouth.

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PANCAKE1271

Reviewed: Aug. 8, 2008

Love this! I use it over and over again...thank God I have a KitchenAid stand mixer...

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Flowerdiva

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jul. 28, 2008

easy to make but I have a problem coloring the icing don't know why, but I will figure it out next time.

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LolitaGDL

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Reviewed: Jul. 25, 2008

This Icing is so easy to make! I use it all the time for my cookies and my cakes!!!

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Lady Christina

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Okotoks, Alberta, Canada

Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2008

Very good! Have been looking for a great icing recipe so I could stop using the store bought and have finally found it.

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Kemps522

Reviewed: Jun. 21, 2008

Very tasty and easy to make.

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Tay Kay Hot Mama

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Tampa, Florida, USA

Living In: Brooksville, Florida, USA

Reviewed: May 31, 2008

I followed this recipe exactly, and it's just what I was looking for! My only question was about the salt in the list of ingredients. The recipe never called for it, so I didn't use it at all.

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BHILDEBRAND

Reviewed: May 27, 2008

I followed this recipe to the tee and it came out perfectly! I had made devil foods cake and didn't have any frosting so decided to give this one a try. I'm a beginner cook so this was easy enough for me to make. Tasted just as good as the cake at the store!

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