Ever since I first made this frosting six or so years ago, this has been my go-to icing recipe for practically every single cake I’ve made. (Octopus cupcakes, My little Pony Cake, Candy Shop Cake, Corbin’s first birthday, and dozens more!)
Family members make special requests for it, and friends have begged me to share the recipe so they can use it for their own parties and bake sales. It’s the kind of icing that you just want to eat directly out of the container with a spoon, and I’ve caught Anthony doing just that on more than one occasion.
It’s super fast and easy to whip up, and the best part is that you can change it to any flavor you want! Our personal family favorite is almond, and I rarely make other flavors any more, but you could.
Do you want to try lemon frosting on that blueberry cake? Done.
Peppermint frosting for those chocolate cupcakes at Christmas? Bam!
Orange? Amaretto? Creme de Menthe? Butter Pecan? Vanilla Bean? Rum?
Heck, you could probably even find bacon flavoring if you tried…eww.
If you’ve got the extract, you can make it into a smooth and creamy cake frosting!
Simply swap out the 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract for one of your choice.
Looks yummy Toni!! Yes, I would LOVE Lemon on Strawberry cake or Strawberry on Lemon cake!! Oooohhhh, my mouth IS watering! 😉 Thank you for the recipe. BUT, can you sub butter for the shortening or would this change the whole dynamics? kweenbee_612@yahoo.com
Hey Chelle, Strawberry would be delicious!
I know everyone hates to use shortening anymore, but it's such a guilty pleasure for me. This is kinda like what my Gramma used to make when I was little. And it's cake, so It's already bad for me anyway! ;D
You could substitute with butter, but then it would just be a basic butter-cream frosting and be more soft than the original. It wouldn't have the same kind of stability that it gets from the crisco. It's the kind of icing that they use on wedding cakes, or those cakes at the grocery store. (not the gross "this is too much sugar!" kind, but the good kind.)
Just pinned to be used very soon…can't wait! Thanks for sharing.
Hi Tara, I hope you love it as much as we do! Just don't blame me if you cant stop doing "quality control" testing! ;D
Looks yummy! It is similar to a recipe that my ex-husband's stepmom gave me that I still use but hers has cream cheese in it. Pinning for later!!
Yum! Almond sounds like a nice addition ~ I might try that!
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