American Buttercream Recipe

Name: American Buttercream Recipe
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups Vegetable shortening at room temperature (use Crisco, or use Sweetex high-ratio shortening for professional results); 1 cup Unsalted butter at room temperature (salted butter is ok too); 1/4 tsp Almond emulsion (or 1/2 tsp of almond extract); 1/2 tbsp Vanilla; 2 1/2 lbs Sifted powdered sugar - or about 9 cups (to avoid sifting, use powdered sugar sold in plastic bags); 4 1/2 tbsp Milk (or half and half, or water); 1 tsp Salt (do not include if using salted butter)

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American Buttercream is a go-to favorite for many cake artists. This buttercream absorbs both gel and oil-based colors well and has a stable consistency making it easy to work with to ice cakes and...

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Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Vegetable shortening at room temperature (use Crisco, or use Sweetex high-ratio shortening for professional results)
1 cup Unsalted butter at room temperature (salted butter is ok too)
1/4 tsp Almond emulsion (or 1/2 tsp of almond extract)
1/2 tbsp Vanilla
2 1/2 lbs Sifted powdered sugar - or about 9 cups (to avoid sifting, use powdered sugar sold in plastic bags)
4 1/2 tbsp Milk (or half and half, or water)
1 tsp Salt (do not include if using salted butter)