| Recipe 1 | | | | powder to make chocolate butter cream. |
| 1 ½ cups of different types of vegetable | | | | If the icing is quite thin, you may add more powdered |
| shortenings | | | | sugar, and in case you find it stiff, put a few drops of |
| 1 teaspoon salt | | | | water or milk into it. |
| 2 teaspoons flavors (colorless) | | | | Recipe 3 |
| 2 pounds of confectioner's sugar | | | | Butter cream icing, which has a snow-white |
| ¼ to ½ cup of water or milk (water is a | | | | appearance as well as a yummy taste, is the best |
| good choice, but milk goes well with lavender color) | | | | choice for frosting a cake. This so-called "snow white |
| Combine all the shortenings, flavorings, and salts | | | | butter cream" is mostly used for decorating wedding |
| thoroughly. Add the powdered sugar. Slowly add | | | | cakes or any flat-surfaced cake and for making nail |
| water and gently mix all the ingredients until well | | | | flowers. Remember to dry the flowers uncovered for |
| blended. You will notice that after 2-3 minutes, the | | | | at least a day. Flowers like apple blossoms or drop |
| mixture will become creamy. | | | | flowers are ready for use after four to five hours of |
| Notes:a) Try to keep the amount in exactly the same | | | | air drying. |
| quantity as mentioned above. If you introduce lots of | | | | The good thing about snow-white butter cream is that |
| variations, you may not get the desired butter cream | | | | it does not need refrigeration to become consistent |
| icing.b) If you want to make your icing thin, add three to | | | | and boasts a delicious taste as well. Here's a recipe |
| four big spoonfuls of corn syrup.c) If you want to | | | | for this delicious icing: |
| make chocolate butter cream, all you need to do is | | | | 2/3 cup of water |
| add ¾ cup of cocoa powder or three one ounce | | | | 4 tablespoons of meringue powder |
| chocolate squares, mixed with one to two tablespoons | | | | 12 cups confectioner's sugar |
| of milk, to the other ingredients and proceed to mix | | | | 1 ¼ cups vegetable shortening |
| well. | | | | ¾ teaspoon salt |
| Recipe 2 | | | | ½ teaspoon almond (for flavor) |
| ½ cup vegetable shortening | | | | ½ teaspoon vanilla (for flavor) |
| ½ cup of soft butter (you can add margarine | | | | ¼ teaspoon butter (for flavor) |
| also) | | | | Combine water and meringue powder in a bowl and |
| 4 cups of confectioner's sugar | | | | mix it fast. Next, add four cups of confectioner's sugar, |
| 2 tablespoons water (milk) | | | | one at a time. Mix the sugar at fast speed and lower |
| ½ teaspoon almond, for flavor | | | | the speed with each addition. Add the shortening, |
| A dash of salt | | | | remaining sugar, salt, almond, vanilla, and butter, and mix |
| Mix the shortening, butter, and almond. Add | | | | them gently. |
| confectioner's sugar and gently mix by hand. Continue | | | | Note: All of the above butter cream icings are easy to |
| to add other ingredients and mix quickly, for six to | | | | make and yummy to taste, you can make all of them |
| seven minutes. | | | | at one time and determine which one best suits the |
| Here, too, you can add ¼ or 1/3 cup of cocoa | | | | different designs on your cake. |