Use this simple buttercream icing recipe to decorate your birthday cakes, cupcakes and sandwich biscuits. Try adding a buttercream frosting for cake food colouring gel for a splash of colour to your butter icing.

Add half of the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add the remaining icing sugar and one tablespoon of the milk and vanilla extract and beat the mixture until creamy and smooth. Beat in the remaining milk, if necessary, to loosen the mixture. Stir in the food colouring, if using, until well combined. For the orange buttercream variation, omit the milk and vanilla from the basic recipe.

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