What is the best Homemade vanilla icing?

Question

My brother and me are making mini cakes for memorial day and we want to make homemade vinilla icing

Answer 1

Hi !!!
Here you go...ENJOY!!!

Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Buttercream

Ingredients:
Makes about 2 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
6 to 8 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Directions:
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine butter, 4 cups sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until smooth and creamy, 3 to 5 minutes. Gradually add remaining sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating for about 2 minutes after each addition, until icing reaches desired consistency; you may not need to add all the sugar. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

------------ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY THEIR CUPCAKES, HERE'S THE RECIPE...

Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients:
Makes about 2 dozen

1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

* Magnolia Bakery Vanilla Buttercream

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 12-cup muffin tins with paper liners; set aside. In a small bowl, combine flours; set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth and creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add dry ingredients in 3 parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla, and scraping down sides of bowl in between each addition; beat until ingredients are incorporated but do not overbeat.
Divide batter evenly among liners, filling about three-quarters full. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool in tins for 15 minutes. Remove cupcakes from tins, and cool completely on rack. Once cupcakes have cooled, use a small offset spatula to frost tops of each cupcake. Serve at room temperature.

Answer 2

Thick Vanilla Frosting

1 cup shortening
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar (sifted)
4 tablespoons milk

Beat together shortening and vanilla for 30 seconds medium speed with an electric mixer. Add 2 cups of powdered sugar a bit at a time while beating. Then add 2 tablespoons milk. Slowly add in the rest of the powdered sugar and the rest of the milk until you get the right thickness for your frosting.

Answer 3

the best frosting ever..i promise


its nice and fluffy


1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. crisco
3 tbsp. plain flour
1 c. milk
1 tsp. white pure vanilla
Dash of salt


Mix flour and milk leaving no lumps. Cook until think. Cool completely in refrigerator [or freezer!]. Mix sugar, butter, crisco, salt, and vanilla. Add cold flour mixture. beat with electyric mixer for 15 minutes.



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Answer 4

CREAMY VANILLA FROSTING

3 c. powdered sugar
1/2 c. butter, softened
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
About 2 tbsp. milk

Mix powdered sugar and butter. Stir in vanilla and milk. Beat until smooth and of spreading consistency. This will frost a 13x9 inch cake or fills and frosts two 8 or 9 inch cake layers or frosts 24 cupcakes. Hint: To make holiday frosting, add favorite color of food coloring.
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VANILLA BUTTER FROSTING
1/3 c. soft butter
3 c. confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Milk
Blend butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla and milk; beat until frosting is smooth and of spreading consistency. Fills and frosts two 8 or 9-inch layers or frosts a 9x13 inch cake.

Answer 5

This is another option if you're not in the mood for buttercream.

1 sm box instant pudding (vanilla or any other flavor)
1/4c powdered sugar
1c cold milk

Beat on low for 1 minute, let sit for 5 minutes for firmer frosting.

Then fold in:
8oz cool whip.

Yum

Answer 6

you need powdered sugar to make any kind of icing. just run to the grocery store and get a one pound bag- it's the main ingredient. you will also need butter or margarine. it's a necessity. butter cream icing- what do you think it would call for? you need something to hold it together, and not just milk- which, by the way, you will need. just run to the store. it only costs about 2$ for a bag of sugar, and 2$ for the butter!

Answer 7

http://www.recipezaar.com/33163
Try this link.