What is /ck/'s favorite frosting? Any good recipes/combinations? Best store bought frosting?
My family's recipe uses shortening/butter and egg whites, I don't know it but this looks pretty close:
https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-make-basic-buttercream-frosting-995114
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These might interest you OP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptiFsI0rF4Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P90aPa_9Ozc
I like to mix coconut cream or peanut butter with chocolate and powdered sugar melted together, and 1-2 tsp of vanilla extract and call it a day. I don't keep an exact recipe as I'm always adjusting the consistency for spread-ability and kitchen humidity.
According to SE, you should be buying organic powdered sugar for non-cooked frostings because the cornstarch used as an anti-caking agent in conventional powdered sugar doesn't truly dissolve into the suspension of fats and flavorings at room temperature where the tapioca powder in organic varieties which results in a smoother textured icing:
http://www.seriouseats.com/2016/03/organic-powdered-sugar-versus-conventional-baking-cornstarch-tapioca.html