Bakery White Frosting
This quick to make Bakery White Frosting is a light and fluffy frosting made with shortening instead of butter. To make it extra white I used clear vanilla extract, you can us regular, the frosting won’t be as white. I would call this frosting wedding cake frosting. Very forgiving and easy to work with. I made this for my Morning Dew Cupcakes I served at my Tinker Bell Woodland Party.
This Bakery White Frosting is perfect for the hot weather months. It won’t melt off your cupcakes.
Yield: Makes about 3 cups
Bakery White Frosting
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Total Time:
15 minutes
Just like your favorite bakery frosting!
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening
- 1½ teaspoons clear vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 3 to 4 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Add the shortening to a medium mixing bowl.
- Beat until shortening is light and fluffy.
- Add extracts and beat until incorporated into the shortening.
- Add the sugar 1 cup at a time; beat until smooth between each addition.
- Add milk only if frosting is too thick.
- Drizzle in 1 tablespoon at a time until the frosting reaches spreading or piping consistency.
Notes
This recipe is from Lady Behind The Curtain
To see how I used this delicious frosting visit my Tinker Bell Woodland Party!
Adorable!! Where do you find the sweet cupcake papers?
Thanks Stacy, I found the liners at Michaels.
Sheryl- this is amazing. I love doing little (and big) girl tea parties. I would love to do this one sometime ? Did you make the cake stands and all the background stuff? Are the flowers real?
Hi Karen, Yes I made (or my husband made) the cake stand and the background stuff. If you click on the Tinker Bell Woodland Party Guest Table link you will find other links to all the things I created for this fun table. The flowers and greenery are all artificial. 🙂 https://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/tinker-bell-woodland-party/
This is all amazing. You are so talented. I subscribed hoping to learn how to be amazing like you.
Thanks Amy for the kind words of encouragement. 🙂
Hi Sheryl.
Just wondering if this frosting needs to be refrigerated and how does it keep. Thanks.
Hi Claudette, Since there is nothing in the frosting that is perishable, it can be left out on the counter in an airtight container for several days. This frosting is amazing it keeps its integrity really well.
Crisco or some kind of specialty shortening?
Hi Liz, I use Crisco.
I would be using this to frost a birthday cake (smooth), then drawing lines across with chocolate ganache (then making chevron stripes by pulling a knife across the chocolate lines). Is this an icing that I could use “flat” on a cake, and does it sort of harden? (I don’t want something that stays soft and fluffy). Thanks!
Hi Vicki, After the cake is frosted, leave it uncovered. The frosting should harden or have a hardened crust. I’m not sure if it will be as hard as you want it though. I will say the frosting does harden enough on cookies so they can be stacked.