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shaggydogstail
2007-09-24 10:10 pm UTC (link)

BUTTER ICING

Ingredients:
Butter (lots)
Icing Sugar (also lots)
Flavouring such as vanilla essence, orange or lemon rind+juice, strong coffee etc (not too much). For chocolate replace some icing sugar with cocoa.
Food colouring (if you are making princess cake and want it pink or similar.)
Warm water (v small splash)

Method:
Cut cold butter into chunks and place in bowl. Imagine bowl contains face of your mortal enemy and beat with wooden spoon until properly creamed. Fold in sifted icing sugar and flavouring, adding drops of water when consistency is such that stirring requires strength of Olympic shot-putter.

Apply to cake with flat knife or directly to mouth with spoon. Note that work is not complete unless bowl has been licked.

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	fresco_le_raye 2007-09-24 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	If you are a ~~lazy~~ happy and fortunate individual with no mortal enemies, then a food processor can be helpful. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shaggydogstail 2007-09-24 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	We all need to build up the muscles in our mixing/baseball bat-wielding arm - you may laugh now, but you'll be glad of the upper body strength when the zombie apocalypse comes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	fresco_le_raye 2007-09-24 10:48 pm UTC (link)
	I live in daily dread of the zombie apocalyse coming before I've had a chance to get into shape by way of calorie-dense cake toppings! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shaggydogstail 2007-09-24 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	Act now to choose cake over death (by zombie)! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eilisliana 2007-09-25 01:15 am UTC (link)
	That sounds delicious, any type of measurement to go with the recipe? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

tangentialone
2007-09-25 03:17 am UTC (link)

6 tablespoons butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon vanilla or whatever

Alter to taste. (I usually double the amount of cocoa and vanilla, since I like my chocolate darker... I also usually use softened-by-leaving-out butter and just refrigerate the frosting afterwards, but this may be a small heresy. I've never used water in it, either--the amount vanilla seems to be sufficient to help smooth the sugar in and make it blend in easier.

shaggydogstail might use proportionally more sugar, though.)

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	I deleted on accident. :( puipui 2007-09-25 04:44 am UTC (link)
	I'm a heretic; I also warm my butter a bit, sometimes even in the microwave (don't let it melt, though! melting is bad!) and I use milk instead of water to get to the right consistency. I totally agree with her about the zombies, though. That's very important advice she's giving up there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: I deleted on accident. :( tangentialone 2007-09-25 06:52 am UTC (link)
	It does make it a lot easier (I hadn't heard of doing it with cold butter before... maybe it's like biscuits?) but now I wonder. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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