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Cake Decorator's Frosting

Tastes just like those wedding cake frostings we've all eaten - ultra-creamy and sweet!!! This recipe came from a cake decorating class i took many years ago. It is an excellent frosting for wedding and birthday cakes, and has the perfect consistency to use with a pastry bag/tube for writing or making colored roses, leaves or other decorations. You can make it any flavor you like! Frosts a 2-layer cake plus some

Steps

Using electric mixer , cream shortening until very soft.
Add salt , a little powdered sugar and flavorings.
Alternately add water and powdered sugar , beating on medium speed until frosting is smooth after each addition.
Do not mix on high speed as it will cause bubbles in the finished frosting.
For the top of the cake.
Decorations: roses , leaves and other decorations can be made by adding tasteless food coloring paste to the frosting.
Make decorations , place on plastic wrap on cookie sheet and cover gently with plastic wrap.
Freeze for up to 1 month.
If you decide to freeze your frosted cake , do not put the decorations on it until after you have thawed both the cake and decorations , as the colored decorations will bleed into the cake frosting when they thaw.
Defrost cake and decorations separately and then place decorations on the cake.
Variations: for chocolate frosting , add 3 tbs powdered cocoa to the sugar mixture.
For lemon , omit butter and vanilla flavorings an.

Ingredients

shortening, hot water, powdered sugar, salt, butter flavoring, vanilla flavoring