Basic Vanilla Frosting

(from Peachblossm’s recipe box)

pretty good. Okay, you’re just going to have to trust me on this….
I hate to be bossy, but sometimes you just have to yield to fussiness for really good results.
Once you’ve finished assembling all the layers, you then cover the whole thing with a thin layer of icing.
This is called the “crumb layer”.
Put it in the fridge for about an hour to harden up.
This means that when you do the final layer, there will be no crumbs ruining the finished result.
Much as I hate to admit it……it actually does make a difference.

Source: http://chezjoyeux.com/?s=rainbow+cake

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes

Categories: dessert

Ingredients

  • 500g sifted icing sugar
  • 160g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 50ml whole milk
  • a couple of drops of vanilla extract.

Directions

  1. Cream butter and sugar together in your electric mixer.

  2. Put the vanilla extract into the measure of milk.

  3. Then pour slowly into electric mixer on a slow speed until it’s all incorporated.

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