What are different frosting recipes?

Answer 1

Some that i like is good with hummingbird cake or lemon or orange cupcakes

its for a lemon or orange frosting works for both

you need:

3 tbsp butter

3 3/4 cups confectioners sugar

4 to 5 tbsp orange/lemon juice

1 1/2 tsp zest of orange or lemon

how to:

cream butter and alternating with the sugar and juice add it in and if you want add a little of the zest in or if not use it to decorate what ever you are making cake or cupcake

another one is very simple nice and plain that suit any cake

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

3 cups confectioners sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 to 3 tbsp of milk (use ass little as possible so its not too runny)

beat butter til creamy gradually put in the sugar til smooth then beat in the vanilla and the 2** tbsp of milk add the other tbsp if its not the right texture

let me know how it worked out =)