Cake Decorating Icing Recipes Easy

This is a traditional Easy Decorator Icing that bakeries use for birthday and wedding cakes. It's my favorite because it's easy to work with, sets quickly, yet it's easy to manipulate if you make a mistake. It's creamy, smooth, and can be made in just minutes.

Decorator Icing Frosting - Creamy and smooth, this Easy Decorator Icing comes together in minutes.

Easy Decorator Icing

This recipe has just 4 ingredients: confectioners' sugar, solid vegetable shortening, vanilla, and water (or milk). The trickiest part is getting a perfect consistency. Sometimes I need more water, sometimes I need a little less water. But the wonderful thing is that you can manipulate the icing to get the proper consistency by adding more water or more confectioners' sugar. Consistency is ultra important, it needs to be thin enough to squeeze through the piping tool, but firm enough to hold a shape.

Decorator Icing Frosting -Creamy and smooth, this Easy Decorator Icing comes together in minutes.

Easy Decorator Icing or what a lot of people refer to as 'birthday cake' icing. I use this not only on cakes but also to make cookie sandwiches.

I like to use clear vanilla frosting in this Easy Decorator Icing recipe. Regular, brown vanilla extract will tint your icing slightly. This may be only slightly detectable, but if you're adding colors to the frosting it can alter them. I find this Wilton brand vanilla at Amazon with free shipping. I like to use pure vanilla extract but haven't been able to find clear vanilla except in imitation vanilla.

clear vanilla for Decorator Icing

Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary based on products used.

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Decorator Icing Frosting

2 pounds confectioners' sugar
1 and ⅓ cup solid vegetable shortening I recommend Crisco brand
½ cup milk or water
2 teaspoons clear vanilla

Cream the sugar and shortening in the bowl of your electric mixer.
Add milk or water and vanilla and mix until smooth.

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