The Littlest Succubus

Just baked some coconut cakes with coconnut buttercream!
After testing all the buttercreams at work, I was inspired to try making a buttercream again. However I’m too lazy to cook some egg whites and whisk in a sugar syrup and whatnot. I like simple mixable buttercreams.

I tried numerous times to just make a simple buttercream with just butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and milk but it’d come out sweet and too stiff.

Today I bought some shortening and sure enough it made a world of a difference! It was smooth and silky and still held a form. I did however over whip the frosting so it was airy and fluffy and when I went to pipe it, you could tell.

But still, it was delicious and easy and next time I’ll just beat it less!
Recipe will be up on the baking blog tomorrow.