My hormones made me do it.

Do you ever feel the need to make something because your body is physically craving it to the point it is the only thing you can think about?

Well, I do.

I needed icing.  Homemade buttercream icing. 

And, I needed it baaaaad.

So, knowing I was having my work colleagues over for a planning session -- this in my mind gave me all the permission I needed to take some scrumptious butter, mix it with some sugar and love and nip this craving in the bud.

It was good.

It was, sooooo good.

I decided to do the icing justice, I should probably make some chocolate cupcakes to pair it with.

I didn't wanna have to, but logic got the better of me.  Icing + cupcakes = pure goodness.

This is probably why I'm fat.

Here's the recipe:Sinfully Perfect Buttercream Icing2 sticks of butter (I only had salted butter, so that's what I used)
4 cups of powdered sugar
1 TBSP of clear vanilla extract (you can use a non-clear version, but your icing will be more off than white)
2 - 4 TBSP of milk

Take your softned butter and cream it with your mixer.  Add the vanilla.  Then, add in and mix the powdered sugar...a cup at a time.  Add 2 TBSP of milk.  If you are happy with the consistency, you're done.  If you would like it thinner, add the rest of the milk one TBSP at a time.

This should be enough to ice and decorate a two-layer cake...depending on how much taste-testing you do during this process.  :-)
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