Instructions
for making Butter Icing (Butter Cream)
1.
Place the softened butter in a mixing bowl
and sift the icing sugar over the
top.
2.
Add the flavouring of your choice if using (see below) and cream all the
ingredients together with a wooden spoon until well
blended. Use as required (see below).
Amounts
of Butter Icing (butter cream) needed:-
To
top a 15cm/6 inch cake
50g/2oz Butter – 100g/4oz Icing Sugar
To
top and fill a 15cm cake
100g/4oz Butter – 225g/8oz Icing Sugar
To
top, fill and side coat a 15cm/6 inch cake
225g/8oz Butter – 450g/1lb Icing Sugar
To
top a 20cm/8 inch cake
100g/4oz Butter – 225g/8oz Icing Sugar
To
top and fill a 20cm/8 inch cake
225g/8oz Butter – 450g/1lb Icing Sugar
To
top, fill and side coat a 20cm/8 inch cake
350g/12oz Butter – 675g/1½ lb Icing Sugar
Flavoured Butter Icing Recipes
Here
are just a few ideas for flavoured butter icing.
The amounts below
should be added to
50g/2oz
Butter and 100g/4oz Icing Sugar
and can be multiplied as necessary.
Banana
Butter Icing
50g/2oz Ripe Bananas, mashed
½ teasp Vanilla Extract
½ teasp Lemon Juice
Chocolate
Butter Icing
Either 1
teasp Cocoa or 25g/1oz Melted Chocolate
A few drops
of Vanilla Extract
Coconut
Butter Icing
25g/1oz
Desiccated Coconut
Coffee
Butter Icing
1
Teasp Instant Coffee dissolved in 2 teasp Hot water. Cool before adding to the
mixture
Lemon
Butter Icing
2 teasp
very finely grated Lemon Rind
2 teasp
Lemon Juice
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