Cake icing recipes - 48 recipes
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Butter Icing
By bluerider99
Cream together the butter and icing sugar in a small bowl
- 150g butter at room temperature
- 300g icing sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons of vanilla essence
- a few drops of food colouring
- flavourings
Chocolate Orange Truffles
By diddledumplings
Great Homemade Gift
- 225g (8 oz) Plain Chocolate
- 75g (3 oz0 Butter
- 50g (2 oz) Icing Sugar
- 2 tbsp Double Cream
- Zest of ½ an Orange
- 1 tbsp Orange Liqueur
- 75g (3 oz) Biscuits (crushed)
- Cocoa or Chocolate Drinking Powder to Roll
Decorated Shortbread
By presentface
Mix all ingredients. Roll between parchment, then refrigerate 1 hr before cutting shapes
- 2 cups butter at room temperature
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup cornflour
- 3 cups flour
- chocolate OR candy melts for decorating
Panforte
By diddledumplings
Perfect Homemade Treat
- 100g (3½ oz) Hazelnuts
- 150g (5 oz) Blanched Almonds
- 75g (3 oz) Walnuts
- 75g (3 oz) Shelled Pistachios
- 200g (7 oz) Dried Figs
- 200g (7 oz) Mixed peel
- 75g (3 oz) Plain Flour
- 2 tbsp Cocoa
- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ tsp Grated Nutmeg
- 225g (8 oz) Caster Sugar
- 225g (8 oz) Clear honey
- 50g (2 oz) Butter
- 50g (2 oz) Icing Sugar
Lemon Frosting
By presentface
Place the sour cream in a mixing bowl with 2 cups of the powdered sugar
- 2-3 Cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- milk
Victoria Sponge/Cake for Sculpting
Approved byThe ChefBy lpsatchell
Cream suagr and butter together
- -Cake-
- 200g Caster Sugar
- 200g Butter
- 200g Self-raising Flour
- 4 Eggs
- Splash Milk
- 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
- Vanilla Essence
- -Vitoria Filling-
- Butter
- Icing Sugar
- Vanilla Essence
- Strawberry Jam
- -Dragonscale Icing-
- Butter
- Icing Sugar
- Milk Chocolate Bar
- Chocolate Powder
Ghastly Ghouls
By katie123
1.Preheat the oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4
- 250g plain flour, sifted twice.
- Pinch of salt.
- 2 tsp baking powder.
- 190g caster sugar.
- 115g unsalted butter, at room temperature and cut into cubes.
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature.
- 120ml whole milk.
- 2 tsp vanilla extract.
- For the meringue frosting
- 4 large egg whites.
- 200g granulated sugar.
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar.
- Pinch of salt.
- To decorate
- 15 white marshmallows (one per cupcake).
- Black fondant or chocolate chips
Chocolate Ganache Icing
By rosygirl
This has got to be one of the simplest recipes ever! The recipe makes enough icing to cover one round cake
- 100 g milk chocolate
- 1 tin Nestle thick cream (155g)
Vanilla cupcakes and vanilla frosting
By curlycarly2@hotmail.com
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
- For the cupcakes;
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups plain flour
- 8 oz or 200g unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- For the frosting;
- 8 oz or 200g unsalted butter, softened
- 6 to 8 cups icing sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Butter icing
By chocolatebunny
Great for cake decoration :)
- 75g softened butter
- 175g icing sugar
- Additional flavours or colours you want to add
Royal Icing
By presentface
Cover with almond paste one-two days before icing
- 3 large egg whites (very carefully separated!)
- 1 tsp glycerine
- 500 gm icing sugar
Vanilla buttercream for cupcakes
By charlie_ogden
combine butter, sugar and salt
- 240 ml butter, softened
- 820 ml confectioners' sugar
- 5 ml milk
- 5 ml vanilla extract
- 0.6 ml salt
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