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Buttercream icing
Recipe by:
Sharon Gerstman
An easy to make egg-free icing that works great for decorating cakes for birthdays. When you need to add colouring to icing, use colour paste. If you use liquid colouring, you may need to add more icing sugar.
Ready in 15 mins
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Ingredients
Serves: 20
- 250g butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 600g icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
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Preparation method
Prep: 10 mins | Extra time: 5 mins1.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and vanilla. Blend in the sugar, a quarter at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the milk, and continue mixing until light and fluffy. Keep icing covered until ready to decorate.
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Last updated:
22 Feb 2013
Reviews & comments
Easy
Oh my goodness this is the best buttercream recipe I have ever used not only is it easy but it makes frosting with excellent consistency. I made buttercream rose for the first time and this frosting made it so much easier. Thank you so much.
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03 Apr 2013
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Easy
really good ,just the right consistancy for piping
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01 Jan 2013
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Harry1, Icing Sugar does not contain eggs. Make sure it wasn't Royal Icing you were looking at. Some of the boxes look all most identical and I know I have nearly made the mistake in the past
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20 Oct 2012
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I love it nice and simple since i only wanted a small bit i halfed it and took out 50grams of icing sugar and replaced it with coco powder nom nom
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11 Oct 2012
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Challenging
How can this recipe be egg free when the only icing sugar I can find in my supermarket either contains or may contain egg.
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22 Sep 2012
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Easy
Finally! A buttertcream recipe that works for me! I've tried for years to find a reliable one , always felt the icing let my cakes down!! NOT ANYMORE!!!
THANKYOU!!!!
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25 Jul 2012
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Easy
Perfect buttercream every time!! If your struggling to get white, I use lurpak which is the palest butter in uk supermarkets and if your adding vanilla, use the Wilton clear vanilla extract.
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08 Jul 2012
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Easy
Very straightforward recipe resulted in a decent buttercream icing - thanks!
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20 Jun 2012
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Easy
To the lady that can't get the icing 'whiter' if u get wiltons violet colour gel.. Add a tiny amount on the end of a cocktail stick, and add it to the mixed buttercream, it cancels out the yellowy tinge. Be very careful though not to make it lilac
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16 Jun 2012
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Easy
My buttercream always tastes lovely BUT everytime i make buttercream the butter never goes a nice white so when i add food colouring eg blue, it turns green What is the best butter i can use?? ( UK Brand name preferably
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13 Jun 2012
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