Name: How to make basic icing
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: Classic butter icing; 100 gram butter, softened; 2 1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted; juice of 1 lemon; food colouring of choice, as required; Chocolate icing; 100 gram butter, softened; 2 cup icing sugar, sifted; 1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted; 1/4 cup boiling hot water; Royal icing; 500 gram pure icing suar, sifted; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 3 egg whites; food colouring of choice, as required

Ingredients

Classic butter icing

100 gram butter, softened

2 1/2 cup icing sugar, sifted

juice of 1 lemon

food colouring of choice, as required

Chocolate icing

100 gram butter, softened

2 cup icing sugar, sifted

1/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted

1/4 cup boiling hot water

Royal icing

500 gram pure icing suar, sifted

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

3 egg whites

food colouring of choice, as required

Method

Classic butter icing

1.To make classic butter icing, place butter, icing sugar and lemon juice in a bowl and beat until combined.

2.Beat for 2 to 3 minutes on high speed until mixture is pale and creamy.

3.Beat in colouring, as desired. Use to spread over cakes to cover, or for piping cake decorations.

Chocolate icing

4.To make chocolate icing, beat butter and icing sugar together in a bowl.

5.Combine cocoa and boiling hot water and beat into icing sugar mixture until creamy.

6.Use to spread over cakes to cover, as a filling to sandwich two cakes together, or for piping chocolate decorations.

Royal icing

7.To make royal icing, place icing sugar, cream of tartar and egg whites in a bowl and whisk slowly until combined.

8.Beat on high speed for 1 to 2 minutes until the mixture forms a thick paste. Add a little more icing sugar, if necessary, to reach a stiff consistency.

9.Beat in colouring, as desired. Use for piping cake decorations.

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Ingredients

Method

Classic butter icing

Chocolate icing

Royal icing

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