How To: Basic Buttercream Icing

It is ALWAYS helpful to have a simple Buttercream Icing recipe on hand. Buttercream is the first ever icing I learn how to make and will always have a special place in my heart. You need to make sure it isn't too sweet or too buttery, there is a very fine line of perfection.

Ingredients:

There are only 2 ingredients to a basic Buttercream, Butter and Icing Sugar. The ratio of Butter to Icing Sugar is generally 1/2:1. Meaning, for example, for 100g of Butter you will need 200g (twice as much) of icing sugar. At first this will seem like too much Icing Sugar, but if you keep mixing carefully it will turn out to be the perfect Buttercream.

Method: 

Step One: Gather and weigh your ingredients, estimate how much icing you will need to cover you cupcake and go with it. You can always make more!

Step Two: Stir carefully with a wooden spoon, we don't want the icing sugar flying across the room. It will take quite a while for it to come together.

Step Three: Once the mixture has started to come together and the texture is crumby, using an electric mixer if you want, this will help make sure there are no lumps and that your icing is creamy.

Step Four: Add flavuoring or colourings. You can add any colour or flavour to your icing to make it your own. If you don't want a flavoured icing, use a dash of vanilla essence. Use as many drops of whatever food colouring you want to.

I hope this recipe will help you in your future cupcake creations, remember you can always make it more interesting with different colours and flavours!

A simple Buttercream definatly needs 5 Spoons!