Vanilla Butter Icing

“I am asloppy baker — I didn’t measure.But it turned out terrific anyway!I was trying to double the recipe.Here’s what I did:1 stick (1/4 lb) butter, softened (That’s about 115 gm)spash of vanillamix powdered sugar till stiffadd hot water till right consistency.I was able to ice 24 cupcakes with those amounts.Both kids gave the icing a thumbs up.”

“This icing was just lovely and perfect! My daughter made if for some cup cakes she wanted to ice, and the icing really married well with the cup cakes.”

“I am sure this is a good recipe but i did not have icing sugar so I used granulated sugaar and the icing was not very good and it did not have a good texture and tasted to much like butter. Anyway it is probably my fault.”

“This was a really nice icing! I subbed coconut extract for the vanilla and iced Butter Pecan cupcakes with it!Yum!Thanks for the recipe!”

“My family agreed that this recipe had way too much butter, so if you are health conscious watch out.”

“i used this recipe for frosting cupcakes and it was great. it hardened perfectly and tasted great! i did use margarine and added a smidge more vanilla though. excellent, thanks.”

“Thanks for a great recipe.For those who like a stronger vanilla taste I would put a little more than 1 teaspoon…. but I was happy as it was.yum!!”

“This goes well with Granny’s Sugar cookie recipe I forgotthe number. It is very buttery and much like a thick glaze . I used 1/4 cup of Smart Balancebuttery blend. ( I have had no trouble in substituting this for butter in butter only recipes.) This is good for a change. Thanks!”

“Thanks for a great recipe.I didnt add the Vanilla but still tasted awesome.”

“This is such a nice simple icing, exaclty what I was looking for.I used it to ice a vanilla cake.One warning:wait until the cake cools to frost!I know this, as I decorate many cakes.This one, however, was just for my family, so I thought the only thing that might happen would be the icing might melt a little and drip.Oops!The butter separated and floated on top.Luckily, it was just us eating and still tasted great, just wanted to make sure everyone else knows never to frost a warm cake!!”

“I used margarine and added some extra icing sugar to thicken it a touch more. Very good and easy recipe. Thanks Dale”

“I have made this recipe before and it is quick and easy and does’nt taste too sweet.This recipe just made enough for me to ice a 9×13 cake in the pan.Thanks for submitting, Dale.”

“I love this! I baked a walnut cake in a bundt pan, and made this with only 1 TBS of hot water. This made the perfect thickness for spreading on top of the cake, it ran down the sides just enough. The vanilla flavor is very good. I will make this again! Thanks dale!”