In the blog, you say you use 1/2 cup of vegetable shortening when adding the butter, to help the buttercream when outside in the summer. When you do this, do you change anything in the recipe? Like, add less butter? That is a great question, Jordyn. It may have been you I chatted with this morning in Livechat. Since then I have spoken to Susan Reid who is the author of this blog. Contrary to what I said earlier, Susan recommends adding the shortening in addition to the butter in the recipe. You could replace some of the butter with shortening and get the same result (more stable buttercream) but taste will be compromised. Butter just tastes better! Elisabeth

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