Birthday Cakes

This icing is perfect for those cakes for birthdays and weddings for use as borders and they are excellent!
Ingredients:

5 tablespoons water
1/2 cup vegetable shortening, high ratio shortening
1 tsp Vanilla
1/4 tsp butter flavouring
1/2 tsp almond flavouring
1/2 tsp salt
1 pound confectioner’s sugar, shifted

Combine all ingredients and and beat on high speed until well blended, about 20 minutes. […]

This cake never fails to impress kids and adults alike because the cake actually forms the dress of a fashion doll. You may find other versions of this recipe that call for shaving the cake in a certain way to form the dress or baking a cake in a round bowl (which I find makes […]