This recipe has a story, but doesn't every recipe have a story and sometimes a life lesson attached to it? I took my first decorating class in 2006 from Hobby Lobby with Wilton. After signing up I was sent home with a recipe for buttercream frosting and the instruction to bring prepared cakes to my first class. The recipe was 100% shortening, butter flavoring, water and powdered sugar. I thought that was buttercream frosting until I had been decorating for a few years and b

1 lemon cake box mix, 15.75 oz. Duncan Hines. You can use Betty Crocker however cake mixes come in 13.75 oz. I just add 2 oz. of...

2 cups of unsalted butter OR 1 cup of unsalted butter and 8 oz. of shortening 2 lbs powdered sugar 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream 1/2 cup...

Chocolate cake with a marshmallow buttercream. Dry Ingredients 15.25 oz Devil's Food Cake Mix * 1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup sugar 3.9 oz. chocolate instant pudding 1/2 teaspoon salt Wet Ingredients 3 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 1/3 whole milk 2 Tablespoons canola oil 2 Tablespoons espresso or favorite coffee or 1-2 t. instant espresso powder Add all dry ingredients together and whisk until combined. In a separate bowl, mix eggs until they are no longer separated. Add all other