Basic Buttercream Icing
Makes enough icing to fill 1 medium cake, 6 cupcakes or 12 fairy cakes
A versatile buttercream base with optional orange or chocolate variations.
| 140 g butter, softened | Beat butter until soft | Add half icing sugar, beat until smooth | Add remaining sugar, milk & vanilla, beat until creamy | Beat in more milk if needed to loosen | Stir in food colouring until combined (basic) | Stir in orange zest & juice until combined (orange) | Cream butter, sugar & cocoa; cool chocolate 10 min | Beat in melted chocolate until combined (chocolate) |
| 280 g icing sugar | ||||||||
| 1–2 tbsp milk | ||||||||
| ¼ tsp vanilla extract | ||||||||
| few drops food colouring (optional) | ||||||||
| 1 large orange, zest | ||||||||
| 2 tbsp orange juice | ||||||||
| 25 g cocoa powder | ||||||||
| 75 g milk or dark chocolate, melted |
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