How to make butter icing?!
How to make butter icing?
Recently I made some butter icing that was made with 115g milk/white chocolate and 115g butter. However it tasted too strongly of butter and was VERY fattening. Are there any better butter icings to make, other than the regular 50g butter to 100g icing sugar? Any suggestions welcome.
Answers:
Try the link below... This is a bakery quality buttercream that's not too sweet. Don't substitute the butter for spreads. They are NOT the same thing and the consistency will be very different. If you're concerned about calories, cut the cake in smaller pieces or frost in a thin coat. I hope this helps!
http://www.baking911.com/asksarahbb/inde...
Use a low fat spread instead of the butter, and cocoa powder instead of the choc!
Basic Butter Icing:
15 min 15 min prep
6-8 servings
1 cup butter, softened
5 cups icing sugar
2/3 cup whipping cream
1. Beat butter at medium speed til light.
2. Gradually beat in sugar and cream, making 3 additions of sugar and 2 of cream.
3. This recipe makes about 4 cups.
try adding vanilla essence
Use low-fat, non-hydrogenated margerine, and try using Splenda instead of icing sugar. Splenda still gives a very smooth consistency, and you'll lose an incredible amount of the calories.
butter icing, 4tbsp flour, 1 cup milk, cook til thick. Stirring constantly. Let cool, mix a half cup margarine half cup shorting and 1 cup sugar. Add flour mixture. mix well. Add 2 tsp vanilla. Covers two cakes generously
Personally, I don't know, though I'd like to. I'll check back on the answers you get. Thanks for asking, have a star!