buttercream – buttercream filling

• 1 pound bag of powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
• 2 sticks butter, cut into ½ inch slices
• 1/2 cup shortening

• 1 tablespoon freshly grated Ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground Ginger
• 1 cup Ginger Snap cookie crumbs, or more to taste

Directions for espresso buttercream

• using the whisk attachment on your electric mixer, mix the powdered sugar, salt, vanilla and milk at low speed until smooth.
• add butter, one slice at a time, until incorporated
• add shortening and whip at highest speed 10-12 minutes, until volume increases by at least 50%.

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