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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 12 - 15 minutes
Serves: Serves 6 - 8
Foolproof cake frosting requires just butter and icing sugar.
Ingredients
200g butter or margarine, softened
500g icing sugar, sifted
5ml vanilla essence
30ml milk
3 to 5 drops of food colouring of choice
125ml Glace cherries or nuts, chopped, for decorating
Method
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add sugar.
- Whisk egg, milk, oil and essence together. Add to dry ingredients and mix well until smooth.
- Place paper cups into muffin pan. Spoon mixture into paper cups, filling each to two-thirds full.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 12 - 15 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool.
- Icing: Cream butter and icing sugar together. Add essence and milk and mix to a smooth, spreadable consistency.
- Colour and spread or pipe icing onto cakes or cupcakes. Decorate with cherries, nuts, silver balls or any other toppings of choice.
