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Basic Buttercream Icing

Name: Basic Buttercream Icing
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 150g butter, softened; 2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (300g); 1-2 Tbsp hot water; ½ - 1 tsp of vanilla essence (or flavour of your choice, optional); food colouring (optional)

4.6

Preparation

15 mins

Bake

Difficulty

Easy

Servings

This is a wonderful recipe for light and fluffy buttercream icing that also tastes great. Pipe it onto cupcakes and it will look like a professional baker lives at your house!

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Ingredients

150g butter, softened
2 cups Chelsea Icing Sugar (300g)
1-2 Tbsp hot water
½ - 1 tsp of vanilla essence (or flavour of your choice, optional)
food colouring (optional)

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please can I use normal sugar for tea ‚òï instead of icing sugar?

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, unfortunately standard white sugar won't work here, you will need to use icing sugar.

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Reviews

210

What did you think of this recipe?

favour

please can I use normal sugar for tea ‚òï instead of icing sugar?

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, unfortunately standard white sugar won't work here, you will need to use icing sugar.

Caroline

Loved them all

Unknown

Best buttercream

Sydney

Lovely buttercream and goes very well with a plain vanilla cupcake

Lovely recipe! I used this for a cupcake decorating fair and won gold! The butter cream was described as soft and creamy!

ALEX

I HAVENT TRIED BUT LOOKS GOOD XD

Person

Ema

Quick question:How much cocoa powder needs to be added to make this a chocolate buttercream icing?Thanks :)CHELSEA: Hi there, 1/4 cup cocoa powder would work well.

Unknown

Great recipe, very tasty!

Susan

I am thinking of using this recipe for a large birthday cake, will it apply well to the top and the sides?ThanksChelsea Sugar:Yes, this icing recipe is a good choice for decorating cakes.

Method

Beat the butter until smooth, pale and fluffy. Gradually beat in the Chelsea Icing Sugar, half a cup at a time.

Add the vanilla essence (or other flavoured essence and/or colouring of your choice), with enough of the hot water to make a creamy mixture, beating between each addition until light and fluffy. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes or spread over a cooled cake.

Note: When adding food colouring, add it a drop at a time and mix well before adding more, otherwise you might end up with a brighter result than you desire! Colours tend to darken a little as the icing sets too.

Chelsea Products in Recipe

Icing Sugar

Icing sugar can also be...

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Reviews

210

What did you think of this recipe?

favour

please can I use normal sugar for tea ‚òï instead of icing sugar?

CHELSEA SUGAR: Hi there, unfortunately standard white sugar won't work here, you will need to use icing sugar.

Caroline

Loved them all

Unknown

Best buttercream

Sydney

Lovely buttercream and goes very well with a plain vanilla cupcake

Lovely recipe! I used this for a cupcake decorating fair and won gold! The butter cream was described as soft and creamy!

ALEX

I HAVENT TRIED BUT LOOKS GOOD XD

Person

Ema

Quick question:How much cocoa powder needs to be added to make this a chocolate buttercream icing?Thanks :)CHELSEA: Hi there, 1/4 cup cocoa powder would work well.

Unknown

Great recipe, very tasty!

Susan

I am thinking of using this recipe for a large birthday cake, will it apply well to the top and the sides?ThanksChelsea Sugar:Yes, this icing recipe is a good choice for decorating cakes.