Recipe: Rolled Buttercream Icing

Hi Tobi. I'm not familar with this type of recipe. I found it on another site. I read through it, and it says you need a recipe for gum paste. I'm not sure what that is, but I'm sure you can get the recipe by purchasing Wilton's catalogue for cake decorating. They usually sell them at stores that sell cake decorating supplies.


ROLLED BUTTERCREAM ICING

1 recipe Wilton regular buttercream having 1 cup Crisco to 2 lb confectioners' sugar - or about (no meringue, milk or butter) add: 1/4 cup glucose

Add more powdered sugar until no longer sticky. Make Wilton gum paste recipe and combine buttercream and gum paste. Supposedly doesn't dry as fast as fondant.

Q. What is rolled buttercream fondant?

A. The difference is regular buttercream is soft and spreadable and the rolled buttercream is a firm dough that you can mold, shape and etc. Rolled buttercream is equal parts of Karo and Crisco. Then add some flavor, and confectioners'. sugar until you have a firm dough. The final addition of confectioners' sugar must be kneaded in by hand.



ROLLED BUTTERCREAM FONDANT

Make mixture of equal parts - depending on how much you want to make

1 cup or 1 tb or etc. Crisco (solid) 1 cup or 1 TB or etc. Karo Flavoring of choice Enough confectioners' sugar to make a stiff dough

Knead until nice and smooth. I can't use this icing by itself because my hands are too hot.
It can be hand molded, molded in the candy molds, rolled out, shaped, and etc.
Rolled buttercream is similar to rolled fondant but has a flavor similar to a buttercream icing. The product is actually rolled out and laid over and shaped onto the cake.
Rolled buttercream is 1 part Crisco, 1 part Karo, flavoring and powdered sugar to make a dough. Knead until smooth. I cannot use it by itself because I have very hot hands.
I use it to mix with my rolled fondant icing to keep it softer, moister, and smoother. You can free hand mold with it.
Use it like rolled fondant, make some flowers with it.
Cut shapes and make a design similar to putting a puzzle together.
On the shaped cakes some decorators use this in different colors and make pieces that fit together for a very upscale look instead of the stars.
Mold in candy molds, make only small amounts for things such as dice or golf balls, your imagination is your only limitation.
Flavor with regular flavors or the oil flavors.

USES: Add mint flavoring, roll into balls, roll in granulated sugar and press into molds. This is great if you need some small item to use on a birthday cake say a pair of dice. Then you can just mix 1T of Karo and 1T of Crisco, flavoring and confectioners'. sugar. You don't have a big batch to store and yet you have enough to make the dice. Because my hands are hot I mix rolled fondant with this to keep it from tearing on me.