frosting and cake stuff

Frosting
Frosting, also known as “buttercream” icing, is a creamy, fluffy cake topping that is popular for its extravagant deliciousness and its striking visual appeal.
Ingredients:
4 cups of icing sugar.
250g of softened butter.
2 tablespoons of milk.
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence.
Method:
1. Using either an electric mixer on low speed or a bowl and wooden spoon, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence into a cream.
2. Add the milk and whip the mixture until it is fluffy.

For chocolate frosting add half a cup of cocoa and a little extra milk to the recipe.

For this you will need:
100g/4oz Softened Butter
200g/8oz Icing Sugar
Instructions for making buttercream icing.
1. Place the softened butter in a mixing bowl and sift the icing sugar over the top.
2. Add flavouring (see below) and cream all the ingredients together until smooth.
3. Add the mixture to a piping bag and swirl buttercream onto cupcakes
To make your buttercream more tasty you can add a variety of flavours. Here are a few ideas to get you started

Banana Butter Icing
50g/2oz Ripe Bananas, mashed
½ teasp Vanilla Extract
½ teasp Lemon Juice
Chocolate Butter Icing
Either 1 teasp Cocoa or 25g/1oz Melted Chocolate
A few drops of Vanilla Extract
Coconut Butter Icing
25g/1oz Desiccated Coconut
Lemon Butter Icing
2 teasp very finely grated Lemon Rind
2 teasp Lemon Juice
Orange Butter Icing
1 tbsp very finely grated Orange Rind
2 teasp Orange Juice
Rum Butter Icing
2 teasp Dark Rum
Vanilla Butter Icing
A few drops of Vanilla Essence
Coloured Butter Icing
For coloured buttercream just add a few drops of food colouring

Here is a quick, easy picture tutorial on how to decorate your cupcakes with cute buttercream swirls. It will make even the most basic of cupcakes look fabulous.
You will need:

Your butter cream of choice. You can add flavouring and colourings.

If you are adding colour you may want to consider using gel