Best Colored Butter Glaze For Easter Egg Cakes Recipes

Colored Butter Glaze for Easter Egg Cakes image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Coats 6 egg cakes

Number Of Ingredients 4

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons milk
Food coloring
2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter

Steps:

Pour milk into a small bowl, and stir in food coloring until the desired shade is reached; set aside. Place 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl, and set aside.
In a small bowl, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Remove pan from heat, and immediately pour butter into the bowl with sugar. Add 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon tinted milk, and whisk until smooth. Immediately glaze three of the cakes; the mixture should be just thin enough so that it runs down the sides of the cake; if not, add a small amount of milk until thinned.
Repeat Step 2 to glaze the remaining cakes.

Colored Butter Glaze image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Coats 6 egg cakes

Number Of Ingredients 4

8 teaspoons milk
1 liquid paste color
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter

Steps:

Place the milk in a small bowl, and stir in the liquid paste color; set aside. Place 1 cup confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl, and set aside.
In a small saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Remove pan from heat, and immediately pour butter into the bowl with the sugar. Add 4 teaspoons colored milk, and whisk until smooth. Glaze three of the cakes; the mixture should be just thin enough so that it runs down the sides of the cake.
Repeat the second step to glaze the remaining three egg cakes.