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How to make icing
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How to make icing

4 ingredients 30 min Makes enough for 6 cupcakes openrecipes

Six simple steps to the perfect buttercream frosting for your cupcakes. It makes a delicious icing for cakes too!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

312
Calories
8g
Protein
20g
Fat
25g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 125g/4½oz unsalted butter
  • 200g/7oz icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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