Cooking cupcake frosting

[MazdaUK]

How do you make it? What we have over here for "fairy cakes " (MUCH smaller and less exciting) is just icing (confectioners) sugar and water, or else buttercream - icing sugar and butter.

MIL has her birthday on Sunday and I'd like to make and ice on Saturday.

 

[mel63]

What kind of icing are you interested in? What kind of cake are you making? There are cream cheese, whipped cream, and marshmallow icings to name a few. Are you looking for something similar to our "icing in a can?" Are you looking for a particular flavor of icing?

 

[MazdaUK]

Someone once bought me some Betty Crocker (I think) icing that came in a plastic tub - couldn't tell you what it tasted like as it went on a cake going to scout camp, but that's the sort of consistency. Nothing that will go off if not refrigerated as my fridge will be full of BBQ meat - so I guess that rules out cream or cheese. Although buttercream is OK in the tin unfridged Our icing doesn't really come in flavours either - its just sugar and colouring, maybe made with lemon/orange juice instead of flour.

What's your favourite, never-fail one you'd use for birthday or other gatherings?