Bakery Icing

Title:
Bakery Icing

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Frostings




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 c  Shortening


     2 lb Confectioners sugar


     2 tb Marshmallow creme


     1 ts Vanilla (cake decorators and


          -bakeries use clear to make


          -the icing really white)


     1 ts Van-O-Van (found at a cake


          -decorator's store)


   1/2 ts Butter flavoring


   1/2 c  Water; about


     1 ts Salt; about






 From: TILLIE ELIZABETH HORAK 


 


 Date: 19 May 1995 20:49:45 -0600


 I do cake decorating and the recipe I use is as follows (it usually does


 have that thin crust that Patty was looking for):


 


 Cream the shortening and flavorings together.  Then add the sugar, a little


 at a time, until the mixture begins to look like coarse crumbs.  Then add


 salt water a little at a time until the mixture begins to get smooth and


 becomes the consistency of icing.


 


 Cake decorators generally like their icing on the stiff side, but it is a


 matter of personal taste.  Add the salt water until it is the consistency


 you want.


 


 After you ice the cake, and it sits for a couple of hours, it should have


 that "micro-thin" crust your looking for.


 


 As a personal side note, I usually add more liquid vanilla flavoring and


 butter flavoring to my icing, because I want the taste, not the terrible


 sweetness of some icings.  Almond extract can also be used in place of the


 vanilla, if you want to try something a little different.  If you do use


 almond, I'd use less than the vanilla, because it tends to be a stronger


 flavoring.


 


 Note: Van-o-van is a powdered vanilla flavoring that is used (as far as I


 know) only by cake decorators.  Every cake decorating store that I have


 been in has it in stock. I'm not really sure of the significance of it on


 the whole, perhaps Wilton could answer that. I do know that if you add more


 than what the recipe calls for, it makes your icing bitter. I have run out


 of it before and can certainly tell the difference.


 


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