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Looking for the perfect buttercream recipe

So I’m a beginner at this and am going to be askin for all the tricks you fabulous bakers use so I’ve been trying to find the perfect butter cream recipe and the only thing I’m finding is the regular icing recipes and I can’t get them fluffy enough so I am wondering if u fabulous bakers can give me ur exclusive butter cream recipe plz help me I want to be the best I can be this is my dream

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Erica Newburn replied over 10 years ago

1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 4 cups confectioners’ sugar, 2 tablespoons milk..
Mix all the ingredients expect sugar blend it well. Now add one cup of sugar and blend it again. Repeat this step for the rest 3 cups of sugar(add one cup sugar at a time). Now add milk and beat it to get fluffy mixture.