Simple Buttercream Icing

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Use the following simple buttercream icing to decorate your cakes. Try adding one of Tasteful Creations delicious natural flavours such as vanilla custard or juicy strawberry.

Ingredients

• 140 g/5oz butter, softened
• 280 g/10oz icing sugar
• 1-2 tbsp milk
• few drops of natural flavouring

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 2mins
Cooking time 5mins
Adapted from itstasteful.com

Preparation

Step 1

Beat the butter in a large bowl until soft then add half of the icing sugar and resume beating the mixture to a smooth consistency.
Add a tablespoon of milk and the remainder of icing and once again beat until smooth and creamy. Add an additional tablespoon of milk if required.
Stir in your chosen natural flavour and mix thoroughly.