Add flavoring ingredients

Upgrade your buttercream with new tastes to enhance your buttercream game. Actually, one of the mistakes you're making with homemade icing and frosting is probably not enriching it in some manner. The traditional method of utilizing vanilla essence is, of course, always an option and a good one at that. It goes without saying that vanilla complements all foods and flavors, including chocolate, caramel, cinnamon, and fresh fruit. Use vanilla paste or fresh vanilla beans if you prefer the vanilla flavor to be more pronounced. But there are lots of other ways to flavor the icing if you want to mix things up.

Bananas, almonds, coconut, and peppermint extracts are all excellent alternatives that could improve the flavor of your cake or other baked items. Coffee enthusiasts can like adding a spray of coffee liqueur to the icing to give it a rich coffee flavor and color. Last but not least, you can substitute components like lemon juice or spices if you don't have extracts or liqueurs. Because lemon juice is so thin, use caution when applying it; you'll need to make up for it with powdered sugar to maintain the frosting smooth and thick.