Less sweet butter cream icing recipe

Ingredients

• 2 pounds of 10x powdered sugar
• 3/4 pounds of butter
• 1 cup of vegetable shortening
• 1 TS. vanilla or almond extract
• 1/2 TS salt
• 1/4 cup milk

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Preparation

• Cream butter on medium/high speed for 2 minutes.
  
  Add shortening and cream again for 2 minutes.
• The mixture should be fluffy now.
  
  If it is not, cream some more
• Combine milk, salt and vanilla together
  
  With mixer still on med/high, slowly add the milk mixture blending completely.
• While that is blending, sift the 10 x sugar and start spooning it into the blender small amounts at a time.
• Be sure that each addition is combined completely before you add the next scoop.
• Continue adding and scraping the bowl until all the sugar is incorporated and has a beautiful smooth texture.
• The appearance of this icing is more like a stabilized whipped cream than regular butter cream icing.