Things You'll Need:
- 16 ounces of powdered sugar.
- 8 ounces of butter.
- 1/4 cup of whipping cream.
- 2 table spoons of milk.
- 1/4 table spoon of vanilla.
- Optional: food coloring or icing colors.
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Step 1
Soften 2 sticks (8 ounces) of butter. In medium-sized mixing bowl combine butter, 16 ounces of powdered sugar, 1/4 cup of whipping cream, a dash of pure vanilla extract and 2 table-spoons of milk.
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Step 2
Mix with electric mixer until frosting is a creamy consistency and all lumps of butter are well blended. This makes a fairly stiff, thick frosting that is suitable for use in a pastry bag for decorating purposes. If desired, to make a thinner and slightly less sweet frosting suitable for icing a cake, you may gradually add a little more milk to this recipe until your frosting is the desired consistency.
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Step 3
If desired, add food coloring or Wilton icing colors to color the icing. If you will be needing more than one color, spoon out the desired amount of icing into a smaller container before adding the desired color. In the example above, this butterfly cake was decorated with Wilton icing colors in black, pink, yellow and blue. The black was used for the body. Yellow and blue were combined to make the green wings, and blue and pink were combined to make the purple accents.
Comments
122602 said
on 7/30/2009 great recipe the cake looks so good ....yummy
02SmithA said
on 1/25/2009 Looks very good!
jamaclassics said
on 1/1/2009 I've made this with Orange extract, it's so yummy!
georgelarson said
on 1/1/2009 This sounds delicious. Thanks.
gottalovelattes said
on 1/1/2009 OMG...I can't have this stuff around the house! Excellent recipe...