Butter Icing

FunkyFairy

My son and i have made a cake for my hubbies birthday.

My son wants to make it into a football pitch.

Does anyone have a good butter icing recipe?

Thank you in advance

soappie

Standard butter icing quantities are twice as much icing sugar as butter.

I always use a good quality slightly salted or unsalted butter (like lurpak), soften it slightly in the microwave then slowly add the icing sugar until it's all combined.

FunkyFairy

Thank you thats fab :-)

taplady

i just make it up as I go along,bit of softened butter, drop of milk and some sieved icing sugar, mix it all up till you get the constistency you like!

FunkyFairy

Made the cake and iced it.

It all got eaten so it must have been ok

Thank you for your help

destiny_star2006

When you make fairy cakes and the likes how do you make that creamy buttery stuff you put in the middle of the cakes i hope you know wot i mean cos i dont lmao

redballoon_2

fluff up real butter with a fork until fluffy and then add in icing sugar bit by bit until it tastes nice!

simple!

Enjoy your cakes.

destiny_star2006

havent got iccing suger can i use castor sugar?

LittleTinker

Nope.....needs to be icing sugar with butter or marg. Butter tastes nicer but marg is cheaper.

destiny_star2006

oh dear im sure my nan used to make the fairy cake insides with butter and sugar never mind thanks for your help will have to make jam

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destiny_star2006 wrote: »

havent got iccing suger can i use castor sugar?

If you use caster sugar the icing will be very coarse and gritty. If you have a food processor or blender you can make icing sugar. Have a look at this thread:

Substitute 4 Icing Sugar

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