How to Do Icing

How to Do Icing How to Do Icing The first thing that draws you in a birthday party is the cake. And when it is sumptuously decorated with the yummiest looking icing, you can hardly wait to have a piece of it in your mouth. Each one of us has a special preference for a particular type of icing. But vanilla is a universal favorite. You can opt to buy the vanilla icing from the market but you can also make it quite easily at home. Besides, cooking up your own recipes is much more fun, especially when you have kids waiting to gobble up the delicious cakes that you make. If you are really interested in getting to know how to do icing, then you can follow these simple instructions and get delectable vanilla icing in the process.

Let us list out the ingredients first. For a 13 x 9 cake, you need 2 tbsp milk, 3 cups powdered sugar, 1/3 cup softened butter and 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract.
First, you need to mix the powdered sugar with the softened butter. You can use a mixing bowl to measure out the exact quantities. Mixing can be done with a spoon or if you are very particular about it, then you can use an electric mixer.
For bringing about the vanilla taste, you can add the vanilla extract to the mixture along with some milk. Make sure that the mixture does not stick to the sides and bottom. Keep stirring and mixing if you are mixing with a spoon.
To get the desired consistency, you can keep adding milk little by little. Keep stirring so that there are no lumps and the icing is just right to apply on the cake.

There are certain things you should remember while making vanilla icing. Don’t make the icing very runny. You can mix more milk to make the icing thinner but it is very difficult to make it thicker. After the icing is prepared, you can add any food coloring that you want to make it look delicious and then cool it down to room temperature. The vanilla extract that you use should be pure and colorless if you want a pure white icing on your cake.

Choose the design that you want the icing to be and then apply the icing on the cake. Make interesting designs which will appeal to your kids. If you want, you can even inscribe the name of your child in a different color to really make him excited. Now help him blow the candles and cut the cake. You will be proud of the compliments you receive for sure.