Icing (that works for me!)

Icing that actually worked for me! Hopefully, not a once off occasion!

90g butter
1/4 tsp orange essence
1 cup icing sugar
1 tbsp milk
yellow, pink or orange food colouring

Beat butter and essence in a small bowl with an electric beater until light and fluffy. Beat in sifted icing sugar and milk in 2 batches. Beat in a little of the desired food colouring.

Fairy Cupcakes

110 g caster sugar
110g butter/marg/spread 2 eggs, lightly beaten 110g self raising flour 1 tsp vanilla bean extract ( I just used vanilla extract) 25g icing mixture

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 190°C. Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper cases.
  
• Combine sugar, spread, eggs, flour, a pinch of salt and vanilla into a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric beaters for 1 minute, or until thick and well combined. Spoon into prepared muffin tray.
  
• Bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until risen and firm. Remove cup cakes from tray and transfer to a cake rack to cool completely.
• 
  
• Mix the icing sugar with a little water and food colouring of choice to make a smooth icing. Spread onto cakes. 

I cannot make icing to save my life - just ice them how you want to ice them!