is crusting butter cream hard?!
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Crusting buttercream is not hard. It is only dry to the touch on the outside but stays creamy for weeks. The hard icing which is on cookies is called royal icing. Royal icing is made from egg whites and powdered sugar.
This is my recipe for crusting buttercream. It will work great for you under fondant.
BUTTERCREAM ICING
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup Crisco or other solid shortening
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 cups powdered sugar (one 2 lb. bag)
6 Tablespoons milk
Cream the butter, shortening, vanilla, and salt together. Add the powdered sugar and milk. Mix on low speed until powdered sugar is mixed in. Mix on med. low speed for 10 to 15 minutes. When you can take a teaspoon of icing out and drop it on waxed paper and it holds it's shape and seems firm.....then your icing is ready to decorate with.
