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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)

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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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Method

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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Reviews

206

What did you think of this recipe?

finny

very easy and nice

Unknown

It's a really perfect recipe and I recommend it for those out there who want to cook cupcakes :)

1606372662

amazing tastes really good

Unknown

Mmmm, so good.

Tasha

Great

Sam

YUUUUUUUUUMMMMM

Unknown

Yumm!

Mel

Sounds great! Am I able to make this ahead of time & pop in the fridge untill my cake is ready? Or is it best to put on cake straight away? Thanks!CHELSEA: Hi there, yes you could make this ahead of time. It will harden a little in the fridge so it is best to bring it to room temperature before icing the cake.

Juliet

Great recipe, definitely will use it again!

Hi how can u make it thickerBut great recipe ThanksCHELSE SUGAR: Hi there, you can either add less hot water or a bit more icing sugar to make a thicker icing.

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

206

What did you think of this recipe?

finny

very easy and nice

Unknown

It's a really perfect recipe and I recommend it for those out there who want to cook cupcakes :)

1606372662

amazing tastes really good

Unknown

Mmmm, so good.

Tasha

Great

Sam

YUUUUUUUUUMMMMM

Unknown

Yumm!

Mel

Juliet

Great recipe, definitely will use it again!

Hi how can u make it thickerBut great recipe ThanksCHELSE SUGAR: Hi there, you can either add less hot water or a bit more icing sugar to make a thicker icing.