How Do You Make Cake Decorators Icing?
The perfect icing for Cakes, Cookies and Cupcakes it’s very simple and very yummy. PICTURES TO BE ADDED SOON. Sift all the contents of your 2LB. bag of powdered sugar into a bowl. This step is optional, but I found that it helps in not letting the icing be clumpy. In your Kitchen Aid or with your hand mixer (if with a hand mixer, try to use a bowl without a edge on the inside of the bowl because your shorting will get stuck in it and will not mix properly) measure 8 oz. of Crisco or vegetable shorting and drop into your bowl, cream it with your mixer until it is on the sides of the bowl (about 30-40 seconds). Get a 1 cup measurement and fill it with water-Cold water, because warm water or hot water will melt the shorting and that would ruin your entire batch of icing, place this cup to the side of your bowl ready for use. FOR A KITCHEN AID: turn on your kitchen Aid to the lowest setting and gently pour small amounts of your sifted powdered sugar in stopping every few seconds to let it
