according to reliable sources

I made the best cupcake frosting ever.

These sources are completely, blatantly biased, by the way.

K + I had this grand scheme to make elaborate icing tubes out of parchment paper and make front row bakery shelf worthy frosted cupcakes. Our dream died quickly, with sloppy parchment paper triangles leaking sticky frosting all over the kitchen table and ourselves instead of actually on the cupcakes. (I am speaking more for myself than K's attempts.)

Thankfully, she actually managed to make it work (Tim Gunn style) and came out with some pretty damn fine looking cupcakes.

The frosting was a hodgepodge of about ten different recipes I found and a total accident. Because I rarely mix things together and have them come out tasting good, let alone edible, I had to share.

The Best Cupcake Frosting Ever

Ingredients:

1 cup butter (take out 15 minutes early and let soften to room temperature)
6 cups of powered sugar
6 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Cut the butter into small chunks -- whip with mixer until very fully (at least 5 good minutes, making sure you keep cleaning the sides of the bowl with a spatula). Add salt, keep mixing! Add sugar in small batches (about half a cup at a time). Keep beating like it's your job. At the same time - start adding in the cream, tablespoon a time, nice and slow......

Lastly, once the milk and sugar are all mixed in and everything is nice and fluffy and delicious looking (and tasting, go ahead, stick your finger in, I won't tell) throw in the vanilla, mix in for 1
more minute.

Voila! Delicious, fluffy cupcake icing! Frost away!