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Regular White Icing (Add Butter to Make Buttercream Icing)
"I love this icing with the White Cake recipe that I posted. This is not a thick icing like those you buy. This also came from my sister-in-law. We use this for lots of different baked goods that require icing."
photo by Dr.JenLeddy
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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1 cake or twelve cupcakes
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 teaspoon milk, add more to desired consistancy
- 1 dash salt (may substitute or omit)
- 1⁄4 cup butter (for the Buttercream Icing you would add the butter to the recipe)
directions
- Mix powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Add milk teaspoon by teaspoon until desired consistency.
- Dash salt.
- Note: Do NOT pour in the milk.
- Trust me.
- Do this as instructed, or you will have to keep adding sugar until you get a good consistency, and then you will end up with enough icing to cover surplus amout of cakes!
- (If you are icing everything in your home, then go right ahead).
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Reviews
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Instructions unclear; entire house now iced -
I liked this icing b/c it didn't call for shortening. It was a good buttercream icing. I doubled the batch to icing 2 layer cake and it just made it! -
Idk HOW much milk I added, but it's great!!! I just need more extract. -
I have been trying to find a white or buttercream icing that is not super sweet. This is what I have been looking for! AMAZING! -
I think you are so funny! Thanks for the laugh. I chose to go the route of icing everything in my home! LOL! J/K!!! Still giggling over here!
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Tweaks
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I doubled the milk, turned out great. I also used lemon extract instead of vanilla for my lemon cake.
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This was excellent! I made cupcakes using 1 box of cake mix and 1 can of pumpkin, and I wanted to jazz them up a little. To make it a little more chocolate-y I substituted out the last 1/2 c of powdered sugar for hot cocoa mix (it was all I had). Turned out fabulous!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kelly Gould
Montpelier, IN
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