Vanilla Buttercream Icing

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Vanilla Buttercream Icing

Vanilla Buttercream Icing is a traditional British recipe for a classic cake decorating icing (frosting) made with butter, icing sugar and vanilla. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Vanilla Buttercream Icing.

prep time

10 minutes

cook time

10 minutes

Total Time:

20 minutes

Serves:

Rating:

Tags : Spice Recipes Cake Recipes British Recipes

Ingredients:

50g butter
200g icing sugar
1 tbsp milk
2 tsp vanilla extract

Method:

Cream together the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy then fold in the milk and vanilla extract.

Typically this is used to decorate sponge cakes, fairy cakes and biscuits (cookies) but it can be used for fruit cakes if you add the finely-grated zest of 1 lime and 1 orange into the basic mix.