Buttercream icing recipe
This buttercream icing recipe yields smooth and creamy icing that is suitable to coat any type of cake, be it a butter cake, fruit cake or sponge cake. The flavor can be varied for chocolate, coffee, mocha, orange or just any other flavor you wish.
Ingredients:
120g butter
120g icing sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Food coloring (optional)
Method:
Sieve icing sugar to break lumps.
In a separate bowl, cream butter till soft. Add icing sugar, a little at a time, beating continuously. Add vanilla and continue beating until icing is creamy and fluffy.
Color as you wish.
Variation:
Chocolate buttercream:
Add 3 – 4 tsp of sifted cocoa powder to the icing above and beat until the cocoa powder is well blended in the icing.
Coffee buttercream:
Prepare the butter icing as above, but omit vanilla essence. Instead, add 1 tsp of instant coffee powder diluted in ¼ tsp water into the icing. Beat well.
Mocha buttercream:
Add 3 tsp of sifted cocoa powder into the coffee buttercream above. Beat well. Use as desired.
More cake decorating frosting and icing recipes:
Butter icing
Chocolate icing
Cream cheese icing
Chocolate ganache
Fondant
Glaze icing
Almond paste
Royal icing
Keen to learn the steps on how to smooth icing a cake with this icing? Click here for the detailed step-by-step instructions.
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