Cupcakes, of course, are very tasty and on their own, but without glaze they are both tasteless and seemingly too fresh and monotonous. It is enough to bake one batch of the most simple vanilla rolls and turn it into a huge flavor palette simply with the help of recipes, which we'll talk about in this article.
Simple glaze recipe for cupcakes
The simplest and tasty glaze for cupcakes is prepared in a flash of time and will favorably decorate any sweet pastries on your table.
Ingredients:
- powdered sugar - 2 items;
- butter - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- milk - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- vanilla - 1/2 tsp.
Preparation
In a bowl, put a soft butter and beat it with a drop of vanilla extract and sugar powder until uniform. Without stopping to whip, we introduce milk into the oily mixture and white sugar icing for cupcakes is ready!
Lemon glaze for cake
Ingredients:
- powdered sugar - 2 items;
- lemon juice - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- peel 1 lemon.
Preparation
Pour the sugar powder with lemon juice and mix well. Add the grated lemon zest to the glaze. If the glaze is too thick - add the powdered sugar, if liquid - lemon juice.
Orange glaze for cupcakes
Taking the below recipe as a basis, you can make cupcakes with glaze from any citrus. Well, which of the guests will give up the capkake with lemon, or grapefruit glaze?
Ingredients:
- cream cheese "Philadelphia" - 1/3 pack;
- butter - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- honey - 2 tsp;
- orange juice - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- powdered sugar - 2 items;
- salt - a pinch;
- orange peel 1.
Preparation
Beat cream cheese with a mixer with soft butter until it is completely homogeneous. Add the mixture of honey, salt, zest and orange juice . Good whisk again and gradually, without ceasing to work a mixer, pour the powdered sugar. Once all the powdered sugar is in the bowl - whisk glaze at maximum speed until airy.
Chocolate glaze for cake
Cover the muffins with a thick and rich chocolate glaze. If you want to add piquant notes to the recipe, diversify the icing with a couple of drops of brandy, or orange liqueur.
Ingredients:
- butter - 1/4 of a century;
- corn syrup - 1 ½ tsp;
- vanilla - 1/2 tsp;
- milk - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- black chocolate - 60 g;
- powdered sugar - 1 tbsp.
Preparation
How to make chocolate icing for a cupcake? Everything is very simple! In a saucepan, or a small bowl, melt the butter. Add to it corn syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar and milk. Boil the mixture on low heat for about 30 seconds, and then add pieces of chocolate.
Cook the glaze on minimal heat, constantly stirring the mixture with a whisk so that the chocolate does not burn. If the glaze is too thick - pour a little milk.
Cool the cupcakes with the top in a bowl with glaze, gently lift and turn over. In the process of coating the cakes glaze, the glaze itself may begin to dry out. If this happens - just put it in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Baking glaze recipe for cake
Berry glaze is perfect for classic vanilla cakes, or fruit cakes.
Ingredients:
- Strawberry - 4 pieces;
- raspberry - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- powdered sugar - 3 tbsp.
Preparation
Strawberries and raspberries are put in a blender and whisked thoroughly. Wipe the mashed potatoes through a sieve. Whole berry puree should get 1/4 cup, to finish the mashed potatoes to the required volume can be with the help of natural fruit juice. Now it remains only to mix the mashed potatoes with sugar powder to full uniformity and you can cover our cupcakes with icing.