This recipe saved the day! My son is allergic to milk so I need a recipe that doesn't have butter in it. I substituted soy milk for the milk in the recipe and it turned out great. It was easy to tint and piped beautifully. Not too sweet... just perfect. I can't say enough...:)
Tastes great!! I like it because it's not too heavy it's "whipped" which is just the way I like it. I also like the flavor that the almond extract gives it. I did'nt have butter shortening so I used 2 sticks of margarine and I added a little extra confectioners sugar to get it the right consistancy. I also added a little red food coloring to make pink frosting for a valentines day cake. If it isn't beat long enough it will come out too thin. I almost made that mistake.
Smells like almond tastes like whipped lard. Upon adding more powdered sugar (almost twice the amount) the lard flavor prevailed as it oiled the roof of my mouth. I absolutely hated it. Sorry.
I thought this frosting was terrible. The ratio of shortening to sugar makes it taste like you are eating a lot of plain shortening. Maybe I am unique but I prefer my frosting to not taste like shortening and if enough powdered sugar is added it will be a lot better. Oh and I would also add a pinch of salt.
This is the best frosting for cakes. I was looking for a frosting that wasn't so sweet and this one is unbelievable! Everyone who tries this frosting agrees that it is the best! It tastes great on mock-angel food cake.
This was a good frosting. The vanilla and almond flavoring was perfect for a yellow cake with raspberry filling which I used it for. The only problem was that it wasn't enough for a 9"layer cake. I don't mind making a larger batch but it's helpful to know before hand. It was too late to start another recipe because I had company coming. It would be enough for a sheet cake but make 1 1/2 recipes to cover adequately an 8 or 9 " layer cake.
I used this frosting on sugar cookies and it turned out wonderfully. Everyone complemented on how good the cookies were. I will continue to use this frosting recipe whenever else I need it. Delicious!
thank you so much for this great rec1pe. i really have enjoyed it. God bless every one
I made this to frost on Hershey's Deep Dark Chocolate Cake. I didn't have enough baking cocoa to make their frosting. I only had 1/2 cup shortening for this recipe so I used butter for the other 1/2 cup. Other than that no changes. The shortening taste in this frosting was very evident to the point of being sickening. I think I will try this again with only butter. Meanwhile I will scrape it off the cake and serve the cake with ice cream.
