Foolproof cake frosting requires just butter and icing sugar – try out different flavourings and use our guide for quantities
Ingredients
- 600g icing sugar, sifted
- 300g unsalted or salted butter, softened
Optional extras
- finely grated lemon zest
- finely grated orange zest
- a dash of vanilla extract
- few drops food colouring
- cocoa powder, to taste
Method
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Beat 600g sifted icing sugar and 300g butter together with your chosen flavouring and colouring if using, add 2-3 tbsp of boiling water to loosen and beat until smooth.
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Fill a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe onto cupcakes or smear in the middle and over the top of a 20cm cake using a palette knife.