Simple Way to Shelf Stable Buttercream Recipe

Buttercream-Coconut Cake Icing

Buttercream has a pretty long shelf life because all the added sugar acts as a preservative.

Recipe Summary Buttercream-Coconut Cake Icing

This simple icing recipe pairs perfectly with ANY type of cake!

Ingredients | Shelf Stable Buttercream Recipe

½ cup unsalted butter, softened

½ cup vegetable shortening

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

2 tablespoons milk, or as needed

1 (7 ounce) package sweetened flaked coconut, divided

¼ cup chopped pecans

Directions

Beat butter and shortening with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth; beat in vanilla extract.

Gradually beat confectioners' sugar into butter mixture until well blended. The mixture will appear dry.

Stir enough milk into butter mixture to achieve desired consistency for icing.

Fold half the coconut into the icing; spread icing over cake.

Sprinkle remaining coconut and pecans over icing.

Info | Shelf Stable Buttercream Recipe

prep: 15 mins total: 15 mins Servings: 16 Yield: 3 cups

TAG : Buttercream-Coconut Cake Icing

Desserts, Frostings and Icings, Buttercream,

Images of Shelf Stable Buttercream Recipe

Shelf Stable Buttercream Recipe / Some buttercreams are used for cake frosting, others for cake icing and buttercream cake icing recipes can vary in ingredients, each having a sightly different consistancy and texture, it can be silky, creamy or even fluffy.