Homemade frosting recipes

Hi,
I am looking for a really good homemade cupcake frosting recipe so if you have one that you use and you love please share.

TIA

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Get the Bakers Chocolate Unsweetened
Inside is a GOOD recipe

OMG delish! I get a lot of compliments on it

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Soft Buttercream Icing
Ingredients:
4 oz hot water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp lemon flavoring
1tsp almond flavoring
2 tsp vanilla flavoring
9 cups confectioners sugar
3 1/2 cups crisco
1/2 cup butter
2 oz evaporated milk (not sweetened condensed)

Directions:
-Dissolve the salt in the hot water
-Add the lemon, almond, vanilla flavorings and the confectioners sugar
-mix in your mixer for 1 minute, scrape the sides of the bowl
-Add crisco (a bit at a time) and the butter and the evaporated milk
-mix in the mixer for 8-10 minutes on low to medium speed
*in really hot weather add 1/4 cup cornstarch to the sugar*

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chocolate frosting

2 cups butter, softened
9 cups confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 cups baking cocoa
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milk

1.In a large mixing bowl, cream butter. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Add enough milk until frosting reaches spreading consistency




buttercream frosting

2 cups shortening
8 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons clear imitation vanilla extract
6 fluid ounces heavy cream

1.Cream shortening until fluffy. Add confectioner's sugar and continue creaming until well blended.
2.Add salt, vanilla, and whipping cream blend on low speed until moistened. Add additional whipping cream if necessary (up to 2 ounces). Beat at high speed until frosting is fluffy.

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Thank you SO much.