This recipe is being posted because I can never remember the amounts of the ingredients. Sometimes, I crave this (minus the cake) and just whip up 1/4 a batch and eat it with a spoon till it gets TOO rich for me to take another bite. Sometimes, you just gotta have a little (or a lot) sweet.

Ingredients

Crisco or other solid shortening↗2 tablespoons
or 2 tablespoons other solid shortening
butter↗1⁄2 cup
very soft
powdered sugar↗2 lbs
sifted
vanilla↗1 teaspoon
milk↗2 -4 tablespoons
to adjust spreading consistency
paste food coloring↗

Step-by-step instructions

1
Cream together in a stand mixer the butter and Crisco until completely blended. Add the vanilla.
2
Sift in the powdered sugar a little at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as you go. Keep sifting and blending until the whole 2 lbs. is incorporated.
3
If the icing is thick and will not spread easily, add 1 tablespoons of milk at a time until desired consistency is achieved.
4
Add food coloring. Blend well.

Source: food.com

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