Ingredients

• 175g - white cooking fat
• 50g - butter
• 375g - icing sugar
• 50g - evaporated milk
• 2 pinches - salt
• 3 drops - vanilla essence

How to Make American Butter Cream

• Sift half the icing sugar and salt. Mix butter and fat, beat till smooth.
• Mix in sifted sugar, beat till smooth.
• Sift remaining sugar, mix with milk powder.
• Add to mixture, with essence.
• Mix again, but do not overbeat.
• To stiffen further mix in some corn flour. To make it softer, mix in a few drops of milk.
• Use as required.