Buttercream
The most famous of icings - buttercream can turn a simple cake in to something a bit special.
Ingredients
For the Icing
| 100g | Unsalted Butter |
| 200g | Icing Sugar |
| 1tsp | Vanilla Extract |
| 1tbsp | Whole Milk |
Method
- Bring your butter to room temperature so that it is softened, then using either a hand or electric mixer beat together the butter adding in the icing sugar gradually until fully incorporated.
- Add in the milk and vanilla and continue to beat until the buttercream is light and fluffy. This might take a few minutes, the longer that you beat your buttercream for the light in texture it will be.
- Once the buttercream is ready, fill a piping bag fitted with a nozzle with the buttercream to pipe decorations on your cupcakes or alternatively, use a pallet knife to smooth your buttercream inside or over your cake.
