Two-tone Caramel Ermine Icing
An Ermine Icing is an icing with a cooked flour base. It is less sweet, very smooth and fluffy but also very stable. Try this caramel version. A less sweet icing that is smooth and light
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Butter Icing or American Butter Cream
This is the most simple icing to make and is perfectly delicious! More icing sugar can be added to make it more cost effective. This same recipe can also be made with margarine or half butter/half marg. This icing can be flavoured with any flavourant, …
Aneeka’s Red Velvet Cupcakes
Scrumptious red velvet cupcakes and a perfect cream cheese icing. This recipe can be baked as a cake, but bake it in thin layer to avoid discolouration (eg 2x 23 cm layers or 3x 18cm) Perfect red velvet cupcakes but this recipe can also be …
Royal Icing
Royal icing is the literal glue that holds cake decorators together. The key to using royal icing is to know what consistency you need for what applications. Flooding consistency – 10 to 15 second icing (goes flat within that time) is best for flooding cookies …
Chocolate Butter Icing
The trick to getting the chocolate-iest chocolate buttercream is to cook the cocoa a bit. In this recipe this is achieved by making a paste of cocoa and boiling water which is then added into the butter and icing sugar when cooled. Buttercream and butter …
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Swiss meringue buttercream is the silky smooth queen of the icings. It is more buttery and less sweet than “normal” or American buttercream, also referred to as butter icing. The smooth texture makes it a perfect choice for piping flowers. Swiss meringue is more time …
