Buttercream Icing Ideas For Cakes. This classic buttercream icing recipe is the perfect way to top cakes and cupcakes. I followed it fairly closely, thought i did add extra vanilla, which then necessitated adding some extra 10x sugar to make.

This is the most basic form of buttercream there. Can stand up to the demands of decorative icing (stiff enough,won't ooze all over,or bleed color) and. Be gentle as you fold the buttercream over so that you don't smash the frosting and create uneven lines.

This buttercream whips up super fluffy super quickly, and is literally the icing on the cake of any homemade treat.

Buttercream Icing Ideas For Cakes. See more ideas about cupcake cakes, butter cream, cake decorating. Makes enough icing to fill 1 medium cake, 6 cupcakes or 12 fairy cakes. Otherwise your frosting might end up tasting salty! The simple and undeniable difference between real butter and shortening is that butter, when it hits your tongue, just melts like a dream!