Servings : 2 cups of frosting
The perfect frosting/icing for cakes, this is the ideal kind of frosting for decorating.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter, softened (150gm) (5oz)
- 2 cups confectioner's (icing) sugar (250gm) (8oz)
- 1 tsp. vanilla essence
- 2 tsp. hot water
Instructions
Beat together the butter and icing with a mixer until well combined, smooth and creamy.
Add the vanilla and hot water.
Beat some more and use!
If you want it to have a chocolaty taste and colour, substitute the vanilla essence with 2 tbsp. cocoa powder. For a different colour, just add a few drops of the colour of your choice and mix.
how much cocoa powder would i need to add to this so that i can use it in the moist layered chocolate cake?
2 tbsp cocoa.
I made butter cream icing many times but the icing is melting couldn’t make icing decorations. whats the reason?
Are you living in warm climates? If so make sure you buy a good quality butter, most of the cheaper butters tend to melt very quickly in warm weather and that could be what is happening with yours. Try refrigerating the frosting before using so as to solidify it a bit, or add some extra icing sugar to thicken it some more.
I bought Astra butter.
I’m in Srilanka.
ok.I’ll try again.
Thank u Fauzia..
May i use the caster d sugar instead of icing sugar?
Icing sugar has an extra ingredient (cornflour) that caster sugar does not have. It will not give the same results. You can grind sugar until fine then add 2 tbsp cornflour in every cup of sugar and use that instead.
Please tell me how you do ur whipping cream
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Hi! You can try and google for accurate conversions. 🙂
Plz tell me cream iscing both plain and choclate the one which is made from cream not butter?
Check for my whipped cream recipe also in this folder.
plz share the link I cant find?
http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/whipped-cream-soft-peaks-and-stiff-peaks/ and http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/whipped-ganache/
i love your recipes!:D
salamz sis!
wont the icing melt if we use hot water?
W/Salaam, no it won’t. It will smoothen it.
fauzi please help with step by step on making a white cake fondant
Sorry no fondant recipes.
SALAM PLSE TELL WE CAN USE HAND BLENDER TO MAKE A CREAM.
W/Salaam, yes you can.
Salam. Can u plz tell the exact kind of butter used in cakes and frosting i mean can u plz specify coz there r a lot of kinds in the market like margarine, salted and unsalted one and another i saw was named as baking butter. which one is the best ? Specially for frosting can u plz name a brand or two??
W/Salaam. I prefer unsalted butter as it has better flavour although even salted will work. Have never tried using baking butter. Where are you located? I caanot be sure what brands you have in your country.
Aa fauzia. .. can i use magarine instead o butter… plus wot do i add if i want lemon frosting
W/Salaam, yes you can use margarine although it tastes better with butter. You can add 1-2 tbsp lemon juice in place of vanilla, plus 1 tsp lemon zest.
I am located in Lahore Pakistan. U can name the brand u use in order to just give an idea.
Am not from Lahore so cannot suggest the brands that are available there.
Salam am thinking of making milk puding(milk + corn flour)then pour it on the cake and also garnishing the top with a bit of cocoa.what do you think,if it doesn’t work on this cake can I do it to another type of cake.Thank u
Sorry am talking about moist layered cake
W/Salaam. Have never tried that, not sure how it will tun out.
Hello Fauzia, I want to ask that for piping the butter cream it should be little thin in consistency. As you already told that we can add little icing sugar in it to thicken it but what should I do to thinner its consistency?
It shouldn’t be too thin, make sure that when you pipe it, the icing is smooth and the pattern is clear. 🙂
Hi fauzia,
please I would lyk 2 know if I can use this buttercream frosting 2 decorate top of cake. and where can I buy edible prints 2 decorate a cake am in Nairobi Kenya.
Hi yes you can decorate a cake with it, not sure where to purchase edible prints in NBO.
can i use cocoa powder of any brand or it will spoil d taste?
I prefer cadbury’s cocoa powder, but if you have a different brand and like the taste, you can use it. 🙂
Salam Fauzia, Do u have any pictures of the cake where u use this frosting?
W/Salaam, sure. In the layers of this cake: http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/moist-layered-chocolate-cake/
and as a topping on these cupcakes: http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/oreo-cupcakes/