Simple Vanilla Icing

what you need:

medium sized bowl or container

2 cup confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar)

1 tsp vanilla

3 tbsp milk

half a stick of softened butter 

optional: cream cheese 1 tbsp

and food coloring

mix together confectioners sugar and butter

add all other ingredients except the coloring, and vanilla

(if the mixture is too thick, just add more milk....too thin? add more sugar...

but be careful about the sweetness)

then add the vanilla and coloring

whisk. till smooth

add milk to get desired consistency, for my chocolate cake I wanted to drizzle my icing so I added more milk

A la cuisine!