Basic Cake Icing

By NickiR

Basic icing recipe that can be manipulated. For example, for lemon icing, replace the milk with lemon juice.

Food colouring to achieve desired colour.

Ingredients

• 1 cup Crisco
• 1 cup butter
• 1/8 tsp. vanilla
• 7 cups icing sugar
• 2 tsp. milk, approximately

Preparation

Step 1

Blend Crisco, butter and vanilla together.

Gradually add the icing sugar. Add milk bit by bit until the desired consistency is achieved.


Icing can be frozen for later use.