DREAM WHIP VS HOMEMADE BUTTERCREAM ICING/FROSTING?

Rachael - posted on 06/11/2012

IMO why would you go through all of the work of baking and decorating your own cake if you are going to use box/canned ingredients. The best part of making a homemade cake is that you know and control exactly what is in it. There are MANY great frosting recipes out there that aren't overly sweet. You can make your own whipped cream frosting (great on a white cake filled with strawberries), cream cheese frosting (carrot or red velvet) butter cream, swiss merengue, itallian butter cream and SOOO many others. When you make them yourself you control how much sugar goes into the frosting.

Katherine - posted on 02/07/2011

I cant say for sure since I have not got around to make whipped frosting yet. I do love buttercream especially for piping. i like to make my own frostings. I will not buy store ready made frostings.

Noelle - posted on 01/24/2010

personally it's buttercream or nothing at all. for me, the cake is only the delivery mechanism for the frosting :) if you'd like good recipes (cake and frosting) and some REALLY neat pics of decorated cakes sure to inspire go to cakecentral.com .

Jennifer - posted on 01/21/2010

Dream whip is like whipped cream that you make from a package - you can buy it usually near the pudding/mousse. If you are using dream whip, add a package of whip it to give it stability. I do cake decorating and find that dream whip/canned frosting will not hold up to most decorations (flowers/roses/piping) so I use the buttercream. My cake instructor taught me that adding a pinch of salt (a tiny bit only) will help to cut the sweetness of the buttercream. Hope that helps

Shelby - posted on 01/20/2010

In my opinion Buttercream takes the cake :)

Celena - posted on 01/18/2010

what exactly is dream whip?

Katie - posted on 07/07/2009

my mother-in-law uses dream whip in her buttercream icing, to make it fluffer and less sweet, (very yummy!!)

Jenna - posted on 01/22/2009

I use a "homemade" version of the whipped cream frosting. You can pipe it, but it tends to crack. I use either buttercream or a piping frosting for decorations for a smoother look. The whipped cream frosting is great, especially under fondant, which tends to be sickly sweet. The only bad thing about the whipped cream frosting, is you can't make it ahead of time. You can frost the cake ahead of time, just don't try to save the extra frosting, it falls flat.

recipe for whipped cream frosting

2/3 c shortening (Crisco works best, I don't know why!)

1/3 c butter, softened

1 lb powdered sugar

1/4 c heavy whipping cream (make sure it is COLD)

1 tsp clear vanilla (you can use regular, but it tints the frosting a browninsh color)

Cream shortening and butter. Slowly add powdered sugar. Combine completely. Slowly add cream, and vanilla.

Can be colored, paste colors work the best.

Makes enough to frost one 9x13 cake. I usually double it.

I use a stand mixer to whip this frosting, my hand mixer won't handle it!