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Icing, also called frosting in America, is a sweet glaze made from sugar and liquid, like water or milk and is used to cover or decorate baked goods, such as cakes or cookies.


Icing is often enriched with ingredients like butter, flavouring and cream cheese. For example, cream cheese icing for red velvet cupcake or buttercream icing for birthday cakes.

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By selmastable, Selma's Table

Rate this recipe 2.9/5 (150 Votes)
Chocolate and Beetroot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting 3 Pictures
Details

servings 12
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 15
Cost Budget Friendly

  • INGREDIENTS
  • 120g flour
  • 60g cacao powder sifted
  • 170g golden caster sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • 170g cooked beetroot (not pickled!)
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 140ml vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste/extract
  • Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 200g cold cream cheese
  • 100g soft butter
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g caster sugar

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The beetroot keeps the cake moist and gives it a lovely deep red colour

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A chocolate sponge cake decorated with chocolate butter icing and chocolate heart shaped pieces

  • 100g soften butter
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 70g SR flour
  • 30g cocoa powder
  • For decorations:
  • 100g dark chocolate
  • 50g soften butter
  • 100g icing sugar
  • 20g cocoa
4.4/5 (36 Votes)

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Cream all ingredients together

  • 6 tbsp (75g) margarine
  • 2 cups (225g) icing sugar
  • 3 tsp vanilla essence
4.3/5 (8 Votes)

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To melt the chocolate, place in a double boiler over simmering water on low heat for 5-10 minutes

  • For the cupcakes;
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 4 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • For the frosting;
  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 9 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled to lukewarm
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups sifted icing sugar
4.1/5 (33 Votes)

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Make the choux pastry by melting the butter, sugar and salt in milk

  • Choux pastry:
  • ½ liter of milk
  • 20g of sugar
  • 3g of salt
  • 200g butter
  • 300g flour
  • 7 eggs
  • Wild blueberry cream:
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 300g of milk
  • 100g sugar
  • 60g cornflour
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 70g mascarpone
  • 30g cream
  • 100g icing
  • blueberry juice (from frozen wild blueberries )
  • white fondant
  • Icing:
  • white fondant
  • Food colouring, carmine and blue
4.4/5 (20 Votes)

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How to make the Christmas Holly Toppers!

  • Cake to decorate
  • Fondant - Red, Green
3.9/5 (30 Votes)

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Mix to consistency required

  • 1 cup (100g) icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp juice/water/colouring
3.8/5 (91 Votes)

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In a large bowl using an electric mixer at medium speed beat together the shortening and margarine or butter with c...

  • 1/2 cup white Crisco shortening, softened
  • 1/2 cup margarine, softened (can use butter)
  • 4 -6 tablespoons 18% table cream (can use heavy cream, unwhipped or half and half cream or milk)
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla (or can use 1 teaspoon almond extract)
  • 5 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted (or as needed)
  • 2 -4 drops food coloring (or as needed, you may omit if desired)
4.2/5 (53 Votes)

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Sieve the icing sugar into a bowl and gradually add the water, mixing while doing so

  • 300g icing sugar
  • 4-5 teaspoons water/fruit juice
  • or
  • 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder +3 teaspoons boiling water
  • a few drops of food colouring/flavourings
4.2/5 (29 Votes)

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1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5

  • - 100g/3½oz unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
  • - 100g/3½oz caster sugar
  • - 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten
  • - 275g/10oz plain flour
  • - 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • - To decorate
  • - 400g/14oz icing sugar
  • - 3-4 tbsp water
  • - 2-3 drops food colourings
3.6/5 (173 Votes)

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Cream butter, and gradually mix in sugar and coffee

  • 1/2 C butter
  • 2 C icing sugar
  • 4 tbsp prepared coffee
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 oz piece of baker's chocolate, melted
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
4/5 (22 Votes)

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