Swiss Meringue Frosting

Light in colour, and light in texture. Fluffy, gently sweet but strong enough to hold together a large cake or robust choux pastry. Ideal to use with coloured cakes to make their colours all the more vivid. To fill and frost an 9inch two layer cake, you'll need:

• 450g Butter
  
• 180g Egg white
  
• 300g Sugar
  
• 240g Icing Sugar
  
• 170g Vegetable Shortening
  
• 1 tbs Vanilla extract