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https://youtu.be/PVqTo4gdsGY

Ingredients:

- 3 and a half cups of icing sugar (roughly 1 pound)

- 1 cup of room temperature cream cheese

- 1 and a half teaspoons of vanilla extract

- 1/2 a cup of room temperature butter

Steps:

1. In a bowl add in the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract.

2. Beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract, until it looks creamy and slightly lighter in colour.

3. Add in your icing sugar. I recommenced adding this in parts so you don't make a mess on your work space.

4. Beat this until stiff peaks have formed.

Note -

If you do not have icing sugar, you can make your own. Recipe here -- https://youtu.be/Yolfq7InJwE

Cream cheese frosting tastes great with carrot cake. Try my carrot cake recipe here -- https://youtu.be/zg_awYBoqF0

This recipe is YouTube. Click on the link below to watch the video.

https://youtu.be/6P_V5GWnkRo

Ingredients:

- 1/8 a cup of hot water

- 1/8 cup of lemon juice

- 1/4 a cup of sugar

Materials:

- Mixing utensil (spoon, fork or whisk, etc.)

- Bowl

- Squeeze bottle or brush

Steps:

1. Mix the water, sugar and lemon juice, until the sugar is dissolved in the water.

2. Put this sugary water called simple syrup in a squeeze bottle, or leave it in a bowl.

3. If you left it in a bowl, brush the simple syrup solution on the cake.

4. If you put your simple syrup in a squeeze bottle, squeeze on the solution to your cake.

5. If you do not have a brush or a squeeze bottle, you can make your own squeeze bottle using a water bottle, and poking holes on the lid.

6. If you used your DIY squeeze bottle, squeeze the solution on the cake.

7. Let the cake chill for 10 to 20 minutes.

This recipe is on YouTube, click on the link below to watch the video!!

https://youtu.be/acoyvpLynIE

Ingredients:

- 1/3 of a cup of heavy cream

- 1 cup of chocolate chips

Steps:

1. Pour the heavy cream onto the chocolate chips.

2. Put this mixture in the microwave for 30 second intervals.

3. After the first 30 seconds, give a light 10 second mix.

4. Put the mixture in the microwave for another 30 seconds.

5. Mix more vigorously. In the starting you will get a light brown colour, but after mixing, you will acheive a silky brown colour.

6. Put this mixture back in the microwave if you still see some clumps.

7. Repeat step six until your mixture is smooth. This step will vary for everyone, as every microwave is different.

If you are using this ganache for a drip cake, let it cool at room temperature for 5 minutes, then put it in the fridge for an additional 5-10 minutes. This will ensure that your ganache does not melt the buttercream off you cake. If you let your ganache sit in the fridge for too long, and it is no longer in it's silky consistency, put it back in the microwave for 30 seconds.

This recipe is on YouTube, click on the link below to watch the video!!

https://youtu.be/Yolfq7InJwE

Ingredients:

- 2 cups of granulated or crystallized sugar (~400 grams)

- 2 tablespoons corn starch

Steps:

1. Sift your cornstarch.

2. Breakdown any major clumps of sugar, to ensure the best result.

3. Blend the cornstarch and sugar in a blender or food processor on pulse. Do not put the sugar and cornstarch to blend for a long duration, as the sugar will burn.

4. Check if your sugar is powdered. If so you can take it off the blender. If not, keep blending.

5. Add more corn starch if you think the icing sugar is not binding properly.

6. Your icing sugar is now complete!!

For later use, store the icing sugar in a air tight container at room temperature.

This recipe is on YouTube, click on the link below to watch the video!!

https://youtu.be/ljSo8Gt_BFM

Ingredients:

- 1 cup Vegan Butter

- 1/4 cup Aquafaba

- 2 and a half to 3 cups of icing sugar (also known as powdered sugar or confectioner's sugar)

- 1/2 a teaspoon of vanilla extract

- 1/4 teaspoon of lemon extract

Materials:

• Stand mixer or an electric hand mixer

• Mixing bowl

• Spatula

Steps:

1. Beat the vegan butter using an electric mixer, or a stand mixer until it is creamy.

2. Add in the aquafaba, until the mixture is well combined.

3. Add in the icing sugar (small portions at a time, so you can avoid pressure on your machine, icing sugar clouds, and pressure in your bowl).

4. Scrape the sides of the bowl using a spatula. This will ensure that no icing sugar is left on the sides of your mixing bowl.

5. Add the vanilla and lemon extract.

6. Keep whipping the buttercream until you have the desired amount of fluffiness. Keep ub mind that the longer you whip, the more fluffy your buttercream will get.

Your vegan American buttercream is now complete!! If you are saving this buttercream for a later use, store it in an air tight container. If you do not have an air tight container, cover the top of your mixing bowl with cling wrap. Add food colouring or food gel, if you want a coloured buttercream.

This recipe is YouTube. Click on the link below to watch the video.

https://youtu.be/Nq1qMBcZdGU

Ingredients:

- 1/2 a cup of hot water

- 1/2 a cup of sugar

Materials:

- Mixing utensil (spoon, fork or whisk, etc.)

- Bowl

- Squeeze bottle or brush

Steps:

1. Mix the water and sugar, until the sugar is dissolved in the water.

2. Put this sugary water called simple syrup in a squeeze bottle, or leave it in a bowl.

3. If you left it in a bowl, brush the simple syrup solution on the cake.

4. If you put your simple syrup in a squeeze bottle, squeeze on the solution to your cake.

5. If you do not have a brush or a squeeze bottle, you can make your own squeeze bottle using a water bottle, and poking holes on the lid.

6. If you used your DIY squeeze bottle, squeeze the solution on the cake.

7. Let the cake chill for 10 to 20 minutes.

This recipe is YouTube. Click on the link below to watch the video.

https://youtu.be/x7KQeEpO8xE

Ingredients:

- 3 to 4 tablespoons of Aquafaba

- 2 and a half cups of Icing sugar (powdered sugar)

- 1/4 teaspoon of lemon extract

- 1/4 teaspoon of vanilla extract

- 1/4 teaspoon of cream of tartar

Materials:

- Stand mixer or electric hand mixer

- Bowl

- Spatula

Steps:

1. Mix the aquafaba and cream of tartar together, until the mixture gets frothy.

2. Add in the icing sugar.

3. Blend until the mixture is consistent.

4. Add the vanilla and lemon extract.

5. Blend for eight minutes.

6. Your royal icing is now ready.

For later use, keep the icing in an air tight container in the fridge.