Strawberry Buttercream Filling

Ingredients
3 cups butter, room temperature
1 cup vegetable shortening
2 - 32 oz. bags powdered sugar

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1 over-flowing tbsp Creme Bouquet
Dash Salt
12 oz jar of Strawberry Preserves

Directions

1. Beat for 3 to 4 minutes: butter and Crisco.
   
   
2. Add (slowly): powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, Creme Bouquet, and salt.
   
   
3. Beat for 5 minutes and slowly add the rest of the heavy whipping cream, (It is your preference how much more you put into this).
   
   
4. On the highest speed, "beat the dickens" out it for another 5 minutes.
   
   
5. Out of this icing, take what you think will be enough for your cake filling and put it into a separate bowl.
   
   
6. With a large spoon, add: Strawberry Preserves.
   
   
7. Fold into the buttercream and place between the layers of your cake.
   
   
8. Use the rest of the buttercream to crumb coat your cake.