Buttercream-Coconut Cake Icing

Buttercream-Coconut Cake Icing
Buttercream-Coconut Cake Icing is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian recipe with 3 servings. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 89g of fat, and a total of 1403 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up confectioners' sugar, butter, coconut, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 15 minutes.

Instructions

1
Beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; beat in vanilla extract.
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2
Gradually beat confectioners' sugar into butter mixture until well blended. The mixture will appear dry.
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3
Stir enough milk into butter mixture to achieve desired consistency for icing.
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4
Fold half the coconut into the icing; spread icing over cake.
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5
Sprinkle remaining coconut and pecans over icing.
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DifficultyEasy
Ready In15 m.
Servings3
Health Score2
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