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Originally Posted by Missy Krissy
Ugh, I hate when a should be simple recipe calls for a million and one steps and then it turns out less than desirable...
I've had my fair share of recipe flops, the most recent that comes to mind was when I was trying to make a vegan frosting for DS's birthday cake (he's highly allergic to milk and egg products, as well as peanuts but that's beside the point). Butter cream frostings as well as cream cheese frostings were obviously out. I called my Nana and asked her advice, and she told me that it used to be common for wedding cakes to be frosted with a crisco based frosting (basically just crisco, powdered sugar, vanilla, and water).
Perfect!
I searched the internet to find the "original" recipe with the appropriate proportions of said ingredients. I found one on a wilton forum. Wilton is good right? The leaders in all things pertaining to cake design.
I don't know what went wrong for sure, but I think I over-whipped the shortening. The result was a waxy, not very spreadable or pipeable paste amalgamation. Aggggh!
Thankfully this was just a practice cake, and I ended up making a vegan carrot cake with a maple syrup icing instead. I'm glad I did trial runs, as eventually the cake that we served at the party was quite tasty.
As a baker, yeah, Wilton is HORRID!
Just as an FYI, if you want a good "buttercream" this would be your go to...espeically for a vegan with an allergy to milk
I use this for a lot of my cakes and EVERYONE raves on it...and it is a safe one.
2 cups plus 3 tablespoons GENERIC!!!! shortening. Do NOT use Crisco! the trans fat is off kilter with the rest for the proper fat ratio content needed.
2/3 cup
non dairy creamer - powdered
1/2 cup sour cream
OR, for your DS's needs...1/2 cup firm silken tofu pureed smooth.
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 teaspoon imitation butter flavoring
Optional: 1/2 teaspoon other flavoring (I use almond a lot, but strawberry is good, mint is good, imitation rum is good, possibilities are endless.)
1 bag powdered sugar.
Mix shortening and extracts together until smooth. Add 1/3 cup of the creamer until completely mixed, then add the sour cream (or in this instance, the pureed tofu). Mix until completely combined. Add in the remaining creamer. Then, slowly add in your powdered sugar.
TADA! Perfect everytime!
Needless to say, Wilton was such a flop, I HAD to find my own. You know, the whole want to keep a business open and all