Extra Special Buttercream Icing Recipe

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Extra Special Buttercream Icing
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
  • 2 lbs powdered sugar (8 cups)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp meringue powder (optional)
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2-1 tsp clear butter flavoring

Directions:

  1. Cream butter and shortening until fluffy.
  2. Add sugar, meringue powder, about half of the cream, and continue creaming until well blended.
  3. Add salt, flavorings and enough whipping cream to make the consistency you need.
  4. Beat at medium speed until icing is fluffy.
  5. You may substitute all shortening for the butter, which will give a pure white icing, but the flavor will not be quite as good.
  6. I used butter and real vanilla and the icing turned out a very pale ivory, which I personally prefer to a stark-white icing.
  7. The meringue powder gives the icing a light crust, but it remains soft underneath.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1043.83 Kcal (4370 kJ)
Calories from fat 723.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 80.42g 124%
Cholesterol 96mg 32%
Sodium 790.51mg 33%
Potassium 1368.37mg 29%
Total Carbs 76.15g 25%
Sugars 47.69g 191%
Protein 6.38g 13%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Calcium 60.2mg 6%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 551.29 Kcal (2308 kJ)
Calories from fat 382.25 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 42.47g 124%
Cholesterol 50.7mg 32%
Sodium 417.5mg 33%
Potassium 722.69mg 29%
Total Carbs 40.22g 25%
Sugars 25.18g 191%
Protein 3.37g 13%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Calcium 31.8mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 27.6
    Points
  • 30
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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