Sometimes finding the best buttercream icing recipe for cake decorating can be quite challenging.  In this video I show you how to make the best vanilla buttercream frosting recipe.

I like the way it transforms a rather simple cake to something absolutely stunning.  That, coupled with a few sprinkles, takes the humble cupcake to entirely new levels.  Elegant enough to grace any occasion.

• 226 grams (1 cup) butter, softened
• 320 grams (1 1/2 cups) icing sugar
• 3 teaspoons of warm water (or more or less depending on the consistency you are after)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or seeds from one vanilla pod
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• Gel colours of your choice

Method

• Beat butter in a bowl, with an electric whisk, for about 2 minutes to make it smooth
• Add icing sugar, salt and water and beat until light and fluffy
• The longer you beat the fluffier it gets, do not worry about over beating ( I have been told that this does not happen)
• Options: You can colour all the buttercream icing a different colour or divide the mixture into different bowls and colour each bowl a different colour.
• Put in a piping bag and decorate your  vanilla cupcakes

Have a great time decorating with the best vanilla buttercream icing