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I’m pretty bad at frosting a cake. Really bad. ... Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Frosting. The Secret to Perfect Honey Buttercream Frosting. I’ve tackled honey buttercream frosting before and I have always been disappointed.

The Secret to Perfect Honey Buttercream Frosting

I’m a honey-holic and I really want the honey flavor to shine. In the past, when I added powdered sugar to the frosting (needed to make the frosting stiff and pipe-able), the frosting would always reach a unpalatable level of sweetness. Today, I discovered the secret to making honey buttercream frosting! Honey buttercream frosting has finally met my honeyed desires and I’m considering adding it to my list of favorite frostings. The Secret To Perfect Honey Buttercream Frosting The secret to honey buttercream frosting is sour cream! Below, you’ll find my honey buttercream frosting recipe. Honey Buttercream Frosting Recipe Ingredients 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 2 cups powdered sugar 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup full-fat sour cream Instructions In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat butter for three minutes with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. Little Delights Cakes. Marshmallow Frosting. I’ve been following The Creative Chick Parade over at The Girl Creative and am so enjoying all the various crafts being shared.

Marshmallow Frosting

How it works is, you merely link up a craft you’ve created and posted about on your blog. It can be an old post or a new one, it doesn’t matter. You just have to link up to the theme for the day. Well, today’s theme is recipes and I recently stumbled across a really yummy frosting for cakes. It works especially well on cupcakes. 4 large egg whites 1 Cup ordinary sugar (white or brown) 1 pinch of salt 1 tsp vanilla essence Place all ingredients except the vanilla essence into a bowl which you can place over a pot of simmering water. {You could use a double boiler here instead} Whisk the egg white mixture constantly over simmering water until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is hot to the touch. Pour the mixture into a bigger bowl and beat with an electric mixer for 3 minutes.

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The Perfect Buttercream Icing Recipe and Cupcake Tip

My family is absolutely addicted to frosting! There is even one sister (I won't name names, but her name does rhyme with Bisten- ha ha! I know that is not a word, but what else rhymes with Kristen?) Who I save my leftover frosting for and she will eat it straight out of the container! I wish she lived closer so that I could share this frosting with her . . . 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening1/2 cup butter or margarine4 cups (1 lb) sifted confectioners sugar2 tablespoons milk1 tsp vanillaFood coloring (to get that pink color in the picture, I added 4 drops of red food coloring to my icing) Cream butter and shortening with electric mixer.

If you need to thin this icing, add a small amount of light corn syrup. For best results, keep icing bowl in refrigerator when not in use. Photo Credit: KellyNeil.com So, the top cupcake picture is actually from the cupcakes that I baked for my daughter's birthday party (more on that later!). Icings Recipes at Bake Decorate Celebrate! Day 38 – Your New Favorite Frosting. Get ready to discover your new favorite frosting.

Day 38 – Your New Favorite Frosting

Seriously. Vanilla pudding packet – Any size will do, but I went with a small box. Milk Cool Whip Mix one vanilla pudding packet with half of the milk called for on the package. Yes, that’s the amount of frosting that I licked from my spoon. Be sure to check out the original pin below too. Source: Not Just Cute Pin It Related posts: Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. Schokoladen Frosting für Cupcakes. This is a very nice & easy & delicious Frosting for Cupcakes, My aim doing this Frosting was to decrease the amount of Sugar as much as possible because I don't like the very sugary Frosting !

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting. Schokoladen Frosting für Cupcakes.

Thanks to my dear friend Noha who gave me Tips for doing those pretty stars on top of each Cupcake. I was really bad in decorating Cupcakes, So don't lose hope if you make bad Cupcake decoration, all you need is more & more training :) Ingredients: For the Cupcakes : I used this Chocolate Cupcake recipe here: Or you can use the Vanilla Cupcake recipe here: