A fluffy white frosting recipe with the light bakery-style crunch, healthier and made bright white thanks to a whitening trick, and made with3 simple ingredients to make the perfect sweet piping frosting.
Set the butter out to allow it to reach room temperature overnight or at least two hours before using. Make sure shortening and milk are also at room temperature.
½ cup butter
Make Frosting
Put all ingredients - except hold back 2 tablespoons of milk - in a large bowl and use a hand-mixer to mix the frosting until ingredients are just combined. Add the 2+ tablespoons of milk if needed to get the texture you want. Up until now, your whipping is only to combine, not to fluff.
½ cup organic shortening, 4 cups organic powdered sugar, 3-4 tablespoon dairy free milk, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, ¼ teaspoon salt
Make color bright white
To make your frosting bright white, put a drop of blue food coloring on a spoon. Use a tissue corner to absorb nearly ¾ of it off. You want only the tiniest smear of blue to remove the yellow tinge and make your frosting bright white. Repeat as needed.
¼ drop blue food coloring*
Once you have achieved the color you want, make the frosting exceptionally fluffy by whipping it two minutes.
Store
To keep the frosting wet until you are ready to frost your cake, put a soaking wet paper towel over the bowl. This will keep the frosting soft for an hour if you keep the paper towel wet so plan your baking around this window.
Store this frosting in a sealed container in the refrigerator for two weeks. To use it, let it sit at room temperature until it is soft, about 5 minutes. Stir or even whip again briefly if needed for texture.
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Notes
This recipe makes enough frosting to frost about 18 cupcakes or 1 (2-layer) cake.Organic powdered sugar. You can also use regular powdered sugar. The organic type has tapioca instead of cornstarch and tends to taste better, thus your frosting will taste better.*Note that I wrote ¼ of a drop, a very tiny amount.