Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a little food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing.

“Try adding a little food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing.” This recipe makes enough buttercream to fill one medium cake, six cupcakes or 12 fairy cakes ...

Put 1/4 cup of butter into a saucepan over medium to medium-high heat. The butter will melt and then come to a boil. Allow the butter to cook until the bubbles have died down and you are left with ...

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Put the butter, milk and any flavouring in a mixing bowl. Sift in the icing sugar a little at a time and beat well between each addition until it has all been incorporated and the mixture is light ...

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1/2 packet cream cheese, softened 1 Tbsp coffee granules dissolved in 2-3 tsp water 1 cup powdered sugar/ icing sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla essence 4 Tbsp butter, softened Stuff it in a piping bag. Let it ...