How to Make Cupcake Icing Fast and Easy

by Adina from All-About-Cupcakes.com
(Abu Dhabi, UAE)

What makes cupcakes attractive and beautiful? Their icing! Colorful icing designs make them so appealing and enticing. Cupcakes can be prepared in various ways and flavors. They can be adorned with red, pink, green, yellow, purple, orange, and just about any color that you want. You can add smarties, sweet sugar shapes, bright pearls, and other decorations.

Preparing some icing can be done in as little as 10-15 minutes. Depending on the theme, icing flavors can also be done in different ways. Some of the most common flavors that are often used are buttercream, chocolate, vanilla, and caramel.

In order to prepare an easy vanilla frosting, you will need soft butter, confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and milk. The amount or level of ingredients depends on how many cupcakes you intend to decorate. So, how do you go about preparing this simple vanilla frosting?

All you have to do is to blend sugar and butter until they are well-mixed. After that, simply add milk and vanilla extract. Remember that you should beat the mixture until frosting is smooth. The entire procedure is so fast and easy.