Regular White Icing (Add Butter to Make Buttercream Icing)

Kelly Gould's Note:

I love this icing with the White Cake recipe that I posted. This is not a thick icing like those you buy. This also came from my sister-in-law. We use this for lots of different baked goods that require icing.

• Total Time: 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 cake or ...

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon milk, add more to desired consistancy
• 1 dash salt (may substitute or omit)
• 1/4 cup butter (for the Buttercream Icing you would add the butter to the recipe)

Directions:

1. Mix powdered sugar and vanilla.
2. Add milk teaspoon by teaspoon until desired consistency.
3. Dash salt.
4. Note: Do NOT pour in the milk.
5. Trust me.
6. Do this as instructed, or you will have to keep adding sugar until you get a good consistency, and then you will end up with enough icing to cover surplus amout of cakes!
7. (If you are icing everything in your home, then go right ahead).

Reviews

[Chef rmshill]

I liked this icing b/c it didn't call for shortening. It was a good buttercream icing. I doubled the batch to icing 2 layer cake and it just made it!

[Momma Jenny]

I think you are so funny! Thanks for the laugh. I chose to go the route of icing everything in my home! LOL! J/K!!! Still giggling over here!

[Rose is Rose]

Great icing! The recipe didn't specify when to add the butter, so I creamed it and then added the powdered sugar. I measured the milk into a liquid measuring cup and then just poured a bit in at a time rather than struggling with measuring in teaspoon increments. Can you believe it took nearly 28 years of married life cooking to figure that one out? It worked like a charm. I just poured the unused milk back into the carton. Also, I added the vanilla at the end. Anyway, Kelly, thanks for a very good recipe! I look forward to trying your white cake soon!