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COCONUT BUTTERCREAM ICING

Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 3-4 T milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp coconut extract
  • coconut for garnish
  • food coloring [optional]

Instructions
 

  • Mix extracts with 2 T of milk and combine powdered sugar with butter and mix well, adding more milk if necessary, until icing is the desired consistency.  Spread or pipe icing on cupcakes and sprinkle with coconut
  • *to dye coconut, place in a ziplock bag and add food coloring.  Shake to distribute and add more drops until the color is what you want.
Keyword buttercream icing, coconut icing, cupcake icing, easy icing, frosting