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@RespectLife wrote:

Good morning!

 

I have been reading the Texas Sheet Cake thread.  Great ideas and a Peanut Butter version was posted.

 

Have only made chocolate before.

 

There is a white recipe posted as well that does Not use shortening.

 

I posted I had a white recipe, but I was leery of shortening.

 

I haven't bought Crisco since the 80's I think!  LOL

 

Anyone ever make a cake or frosting using shortening?  I just don't think I would want to 'eat' it.  Frying in it is one thing, althought I do not fry.

 

But it would be raw in a frosting....I am use to butter cake/frosting recipes.

 

Any thoughts?


Respect,

     When I was growing up, I remember relatives and a certain local bakery making the most delicious white cakes with white frosting.  The cakes were particularly moist and dense.  I later found out that it was LARD in both the cake and the frosting that was the "secret" ingredient.  

     I seem to remember that you could buy a gigantic brick of lard at the grocery store back in the day.  (I don't remember it smelling like bacon or anything like that.)  All this information is in a lard-like mist in the remote reaches of my highly saturated fat memories.

Armour Lard - Shop Butter & Margarine at H-E-B

 

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I remember my mother telling me that her mother used to let the girls pick a dress from the Sears catalog for Christmas.  Then my grandmother would proceed to perfectly reproduce that dress for her daughters.  They only got one or two new dresses a year since that Grandmother had 13 children.   I can't even imagine looking at a dress and have the ability to remake it at home without a pattern.  Even with a pattern I can't imagine remaking it.  My maternal Grandmother was a force to contend with.  She also made suits for the boys in the family from just looking at the photos in the catelog.  

 


     Wow, Mustang!  Your Grandmother was a truly one AMAZING seamstress!  Making dresses AND suits just from looking at the pictures in a catalog.  That truly is a GIFT!

     I once met a woman in a fabric store.  She recently had retired from being a pattern maker for a woman's sportswear company.  Somehow, she could just look at a designer's drawing and make patterns for the pieces of the garment.  I wish that I had thought to get her contact information.  It would have been great to get her to make some patterns for me.

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We are in for a steamer weekend they say...hope they are not lying because I want to get in the pool!

 

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Now where is my special K Team Bathing Cap??


 

Right here, Milady.

 

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Oh yes and lard is supposed to make the best pie crusts also!

 

I just don't think I can get on board with lard!  LOL

 

My family doesn't care for buttercream...too rich.  So I tried a butter/shortening mixture for the frosting but I could taste it and thought it was weird.

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@Writer with Flair 

 

Oh yes and lard is supposed to make the best pie crusts also!

 

I just don't think I can get on board with lard!  LOL

 

My family doesn't care for buttercream...too rich.  So I tried a butter/shortening mixture for the frosting but I could taste it and thought it was weird.


Respect,

     I know what you mean.  A lard-based cake or icing seems pretty heavy.  I had also heard that thing about the best pie crusts being made with lard.

     So, what do you use to frost cakes?

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I use a stable Whipped Cream recipe from lifelovesugar.com

 

It pipes, it decorates, it never breaks down!

 

I will share it....

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CHOCOLATE WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING

 

LIFE, LOVE SUGAR

 

CHOCOLATE WHIPPED CREAM FROSTING

  • 2 1/2 cups  heavy whipping cream, cold
  • 3/4 cup  powdered sugar  *I use more
  • 1/2 cup  natural unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract  *I use almond extract

 

 Make the whipped cream by adding all the ingredients to a large mixer bowl and whipping on high speed until stiff peaks form.

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Oh hey, I just found this recipe for Chocolate Buttercream on King Arthur but it uses heavy cream.  I am going to give it a try!  I'm thinking the heavy cream would make it much more palatable than just butter or butter and shortening with milk

 

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Ingredients
  • 1 3/4 cups  unsweetened cocoa, Dutch-process or natural
  • 1 1/2 cups  confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional, for enhanced chocolate flavor
  • 1 cup  heavy cream, at room temperature
  • 16 tablespoons  unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
 
  1. Sift or sieve the cocoa, 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar and espresso powder, if you're using it, into a bowl.
  2. Bring the cream to a simmer on the stove or in the microwave, and whisk into the cocoa mixture.
  3. At first the mixture will look grainy; continue whisking for a minute.
  4. You'll see the lumps disappear as the sugar dissolves and the cocoa hydrates. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
  1. Place the butter, salt, and 2 cups sifted or sieved confectioners' sugar in a large mixing bowl.

  2. Beat until the mixture is smooth and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla.

  3. With the mixer running on low speed, add the cocoa mixture a spoonful at a time until it's all incorporated. Scrape the bowl, then beat at medium speed for one minute more. Use to frost cake as needed.

  4. Yield: 4 1/2 cups, enough to frost 2 dozen cupcakes, or fill/frost an 8" or 9" layer cake.

Tips from our Bakers
  • To make the frosting stiffer, add 1 more cup of sifted confectioners' sugar.
  • Never frost a warm cake: the frosting will sink in, or the cake will tear.
  • Chilling or freezing cakes or layers for 30 to 45 minutes before frosting will make the job go much easier. See our online class cake decorating class for pointers.

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Respect,

     Thanks for sharing both of those recipes.  I appreciate it.

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"Let us eat cake!!  WITH Frosting!!"

 

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How is your weather down there?  We are pretty humid, I would imagine you might be too?

 

I hope @tiny 2 is having perfect weather in the mountains!