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

1. 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.
2. you can also drop color into water if mixing several different colors to acheive a certain color.
3. pack into sleeve with tip needed and decorate!
4. **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)