Finding a buttercream recipe that tastes good is not difficult.  After sampling a few recipes, you will realize what you like and what you don’t like.  Some are made with all butter, some with shortening, and some with a mixture of both.  Some are whipped until they’re light and fluffy and some are more dense.

Taste is a matter of preference – and that’s why I decided to try a new buttercream recipe.  I found a recipe from “Kittencal” over at Recipezaar.  The recipe received rave reviews.  It claims to be “the best frosting”.  How could I resist?   And since I was anxious to try the CIA technique for making “cupcake bouquets” , I decided to give it a try.

The icing was really easy to mix and pulled together well.  It has a great consistency in the bowl and was very easy to color/tint.  I pulled some out to keep white (see pic above).  I decided to go with yellow for the flowers.

And here’s what I got…. a floppy flower…

Lessons Learned:

• Not every buttercream recipe is great for cupcake decorating.  I think the shortening in the mix made is too “limp”.  The petals flopped instead of being perky as in the video.
• If an instructor from the CIA gives you a recipe – USE IT! 
• Yellow food coloring quickly goes from pale yellow to bright yellow!

The recipe from “Kittencal” was great to spread but not great to pipe.  It would be a nice recipe for wedding cupcakes if you do not intend to pipe any decorations.  I will probably make it again in the future but will probably use it for a birthday cake or for some quick iced cupcakes.