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Butter Icing

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups - butter, softened
10 cups - icing sugar
1-1/4 cups - whipping cream
1 tsp - vanilla

Instructions

In bowl, beat butter with 2 cups (500 mL) of the icing sugar until smooth. Beat in remaining icing sugar alternately with whipping cream, making 3 additions of sugar and 2 of cream, until smooth and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. Let stand at room temperature for 1 hour and beat until smooth and fluffy before using.)