Bake-Shop Frosting

This is the typical kind of frosting you find on store-bought cakes - easy and inexpensive to make. With your ingredients measured in advance, this recipe takes just 5 min. to prepare! Although this frosting has no shortening taste, I do use a “trick” to make it taste “buttery.” 

Bake-Shop Frosting:

2 tbsp. (30 mL) water

¼ c. (60 mL) sugar

1 egg

1-⅔ c. (410 mL) sifted icing sugar

⅔ c. (160 mL) shortening

1-½ tsp. (7.5 mL) white vanilla extract

Measure all ingredients before you start, because you’ll need to work fast. Boil water and sugar together for 2 min., stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, whip egg with electric mixer at high speed. Gradually beat in icing sugar. Add the boiling water to the icing-sugar mixture in a steady stream and continue to beat. Lower speed of mixer to medium and stir in shortening and vanilla. This frosting will not stiffen or crack. The recipe makes 2 cups - enough to frost a 13x9-in. (33 cm x 23 cm) cake.