If it's too sweet add 1/4 teaspoon of lemon juice.

for anyone saying that there was too much sugar or it didnt have enough milk and stuff, it does say "about" 2 Tbsp ! so dont get mad at the recipe just because you need to add a little more ! :P

I think 3 cups is a little too much sugar for this recipe. It was not lumpy and spread well on the cake, but the sugar overpowers the vanilla. I think I will try cutting down on the sugar and maybe adding in some more butter?

I had to add more milk and then was great! YUMMY

I made this recipe with my niece and nephew and it turned out wonderful. They had so much fun doing it and licking the bowl afterwards. It is wonderful :)

I replaced the vanilla in this recipe with about 1 tsp of almond extract and it is to die for! If I only had a batch of almond bars to go with it. I could eat this stuff with a spoon! I found my late night snack!

Okay, so I read the comments before I made this to see if it'd work. Many say that it didn't work, but some said it did. I tried it and it worked for me. BUT I did thing a little different. I halfway melted the butter, because it's easier to mix with. It didn't ruin it. Then, I only put in half cup of sugar then the milk and vanilla. After that, I kept adding sugar until I got the thickness I wanted. I found by adding the sugar, it was much easer to make it.

Tastes good at first, but it's so clumpy even with extra milk and water, it's also really runny. We dislike it VERY much. Don't use it, it ruined our brother's coming home cake.

I'm 13 and I made a cake and this icing by myself. I didn't have to add any extra milk to it:) it was so yummy even my bro (the pickiest eater in the world) loved it hope to use it again soon. And if u could not make this that's kinda sad but not gonna judge

Very very good, I made this myself, and i am NOT an experienced cook at all... the lumps will go away, if you listen to the directions.. beat until frosting is smooth. this also tastes great. Happy pi day!

Very easy to make and also tastes very good It is good for both cakes and cupcakes :D

The recipe was very hard to make. It became a clump and we had to put it in the microwave to fix it. The vanilla flavor was too strong. It was not an easy recipe at all!!

Vanilla frosting is really great and easy to make. Most store bought frosting and some homemade have added fat, like 1 cup of Crisco to the mix. I was brought up with this frosting and it has less fat in it. As far as lumps and adding more milk, add butter, vanilla, milk and powdered sugar as needed for thickness, this way you don't need to add milk.

Just made this! Soo easy and great! I made a cake today and needed frosting. My baby is napping, so it had to be a quick and easy recipe. This definitely was quick and easy. It also tastes really good!

This is a really great recipe. Was a little too sweet for me at first but all I had to do was add a little more milk. Oh and to clarify a bit because I see some people using regular sugar and complaining about how poor it came out. Try powdered sugar. Thats what confectioners sugar means. Love the recipe. Put it on my home made white cake. It was the best ever. Good luck to the rest of you chefs out there!