How do i make normal icing?!
english measurements please! eg ounces, grams etc.
Answers: hi im soo bad at cooking, and need to know how to make lemon icing?! for a 20cm wide cake..
english measurements please! eg ounces, grams etc.
This is the easiest icing I've ever made, and it's delicious. (Unfortunately, while I used to live in the UK, I never managed to get the conversions down.)
8 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup butter, softened
6-7 tablespoons milk (add an extra tbsp if it's too thick)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
To make it lemon-flavored, stir in 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest. Alternatively, if you can get lemon-flavored confectioners' sugar where you live, use this in place of regular confectioners' sugar and omit the lemon zest.
Combine all ingredients except milk in small mixer bowl. Beat at low speed, scraping bowl often and adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency (1 to 2 minutes).
Makes 2 cups.
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this one?
Pretty Lemon Garden Cake
Ingredients:
175g (6oz) butter or margarine, softened
175g (6oz) caster sugar
3 medium eggs, beaten
200g (7oz) self raising flour
1 - 2 tsp SuperCook Natural Lemon Extract
6 tbsp lemon curd
350g (12oz) SuperCook White Ready to Roll Icing
SuperCook Ready to Roll Coloured Icing
To decorate:
SuperCook Chocolate Beans and Sugar Flowers
Assorted tubes SuperCook Writing Icing
Method:
Preheat the oven to 190oC/ 375oF/ Gas Mark 5. Grease and line a deep 20cm (8 inch) round cake tin.
Place the butter or margarine in a bowl with the sugar and beat until light and creamy.
Whisk in the eggs along with 75g (3oz) flour. Sieve in the remaining flour and add Natural Lemon Extract to taste; carefully fold into the mixture using a metal spoon.
Transfer the mixture to the cake tin, smooth the top and bake in the oven for about 35 minutes until risen and golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Once the cake is cold, slice in half through the middle and spread one half with lemon curd. Sandwich the cake together.
Roll out the white Ready to Roll Icing thinly on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar into a round, diameter of approx. 28cm (11 inch), to fit over the whole cake. Carefully transfer the icing and smooth over the cake. Trim edge of icing to neaten, and transfer the cake to a plate or board.
Roll out the green Ready to Roll Coloured Icing thinly as above in a thin strip approx. 64cm (27 inch) long, 5cm (2 inch) wide - you may find it easier to roll out 2 shorter strips. From one side only, cut out an uneven zig-zag edge to resemble a grass-like border and secure to the bottom edge of the cake using a little water. Keep any trimmings, re-roll and cut out leaf shapes.
Roll out the white Ready to Roll icing as above and cut out a flower shape of approx. 10cm (4 ? inch). Affix to the centre of the cake using a little water.
Roll out the yellow Ready to Roll Coloured Icing as above and cut out 2.5cm flower (1 inch) shapes. Secure the leaves and flowers on top of the cake using a little water, leaving space in the centre for your message. Press a Chocolate Bean in the centre of each flower, and secure Sugar Flowers round the edge using Writing Icing.
Decorate the cake with Writing Icing and pipe your message in the centre.
Serves: 8-10
Lemon Icing ( This is a superb icing and does not take long to make)
* 1/2 cup butter
* 2 tablespoons lemon juice
* 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 3 cups confectioners' sugar
Combine the butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and confectioner's sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add more confectioner's sugar, or lemon juice to adjust the consistency as needed.