Feb 7th ,2010 ,ButterCream Icing

I learnt it from 1 of my hotelier friend ,Sandhya. I baked few Vanilla cup cakes and decorated it with butter cream icing. I never knew its so easy to do.so i thought that there will be lot of people who know how to bake but then have hard time making perfect icing.So here it is.

Dish:Butter Cream Icing Time:15 mins Costing:

Ingridients:

Unsalted Butter(white butter):250 gms
Meringue powder:2 Spoons(optional it can be substituted by egg whites)
Icing sugar:2 spoons
Food colour:Red
Vanilla essence:1 spoon
Milk:50 ml

In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, cream the butter until smooth and well blended. Beat in the vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, gradually beat in the sugar. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the milk and beat to combine. Then, on high speed, beat frosting until it is light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).

This frosting can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. Bring to room temperature and re-whip before using. Add a little milk or sugar if needed to get the right consistency.

Tint portions of frosting with desired food color . I used red color .

And you can use this icing on cake as borders or filling it up.