So my job now is to perfect some of my receipes. Chocolate and vanilla are the basics and I want to get those right so here I go. This week I made the french vanilla cupcake receipe again and created my own buttercream frosting. The french vanilla recipe was in a previous post if you'd like to see. This time I added a little bit extra of cream and milk but still it wasn't moist enough for me. I did get much better reviews this time. I think next time I make it I'll try some applesauce to moist it up more!
The buttercream I made though came out awesome. I couldn't find a recipe I loved so I made one up and darn it I think I just about nailed it. Its the perfect mix of sweet and whipped but not too much of each. Plus it was a good consistency to bag and pipe on the cupcakes.
Here it is:
1 cup of shortening
1 stick of softened butter
3 cups of confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla
I think the only think I'd do differently next time is increase the amount of flavoring I put in.
Oh and I put sprinkles in the cake too so it looked like funfetti! I need to come up with another name for funfetti - any thoughts?
best frosting ever!
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