Decorator Cake Icing
- 1 lb 10x powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening (prefer crisco)
- 1/4 cup water (room temp)
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3 drops butter flavoring (found with other extracts etc in cake decorator aisle)
- any food coloring
- mix all ingredients on low. great for a kitchen aid mixer but hard on the arm if using a old time mixer. add color a few drops at a time until desired color is acheived.
- you can also drop color into water if mixing several different colors to acheive a certain color.
- pack into sleeve with tip needed and decorate!
- **TIP** if using for several different colors that won't need a lot of icing like making flowers etc, mix beofre adding color and separate into several different sections then add coloring a little at a time to acheive color needed**.
powdered sugar, shortening, water, cream of tartar, salt, butter, coloring
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/decorator-cake-icing-334671 (may not work)