Wedding Cake Buttercream Frosting (Double Batch) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups white Crisco
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup water
4 teaspoons meringue powder
4 tablespoons water
2 lbs powdered sugar
Dream Whip, 1/2 pkg

Preparation

Place all ingredients, EXCEPT SUGAR, into a bowl and whip until creamy. Add sugar, a little at a time. Beat on medium speed for 6 minutes. This will be quite firm -- add water and coloring to various bowls of frosting to obtain whatever consistency you need for that particular job. This batch will frost and decorate a double layer 9 inch cake and perhaps leave some over for crumb coating a future cake.