Butter cream

Recipe by Lucy Buhler

Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes
Special options: Kid friendly
Course: Dessert
Favourite flavours: Cakes/baking

Butter cream

INGREDIENTS

Prep time 10 minutes
kJ 785 fat 10g sat fat 7g

250g butter, softened
3 cups (480g) icing-sugar mixture, sifted
1/3 cup (80ml) milk

METHOD

1. Using an electric beater, beat butter until white as possible. Beat in sugar and milk alternately, beginning and ending with sugar.

2. Divide into batches and add food colouring according to recipes.

Tips: For a chocolate butter cream, sift 1/3 cup of cocoa powder with the first batch of icing sugar mixture.

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