Cake with Buttercream Decorating Frosting

Name: Cake with Buttercream Decorating Frosting
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters butter, softened; 1 kgs 12 cups confectioners sugar (about; 12 servings Blue, yellow and green gel, paste or liquid food coloring; 177 milliliters milk; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters shortening; 1 Tbsp vanilla extract; 1 package cake mix (regular size)

Cake with Buttercream Decorating Frosting might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 900 calories, 2g of protein, and 35g of fat. Head to the store and pick up butter, vanillan extract, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Prepare and bake cake according to package directions for two 9-in. round baking pans. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.

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Baking Pan

Oven

In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla, salt and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency.

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Shortening

Vanilla

Butter

Cream

Sugar

Milk

Salt

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Bowl

Place 1/4 cup frosting each in three small bowls; tint one blue, one yellow and one green. Set aside 2-1/4 cups of remaining frosting for basket weave decoration and shell border.

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Frosting

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Bowl

Spread remaining frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake.

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Frosting

Spread

To decorate, cut a small hole in the corner of pastry or plastic bag; insert medium basket weave tip. Fill the bag with reserved white frosting. Decorate sides of cake using basket weave pattern (see diagrams at right). Change to medium star tip to pipe shell border along bottom and top edges of cake.

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Frosting

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Ziploc Bags

For writing, use medium round tip and blue frosting to pipe desired greeting off-center on top of cake. Use medium round tip and green frosting to pipe vines around writing. Switch to medium leaf tip to pipe green leaves along vines. Use small flower tip to pipe yellow and blue flowers along vines. Leftover frosting can be frozen for up to 3 months.

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Frosting