Vegan icing, extremely easy and made with only 3 ingredients in 5 minutes. It is perfect for vegan scones, muffins, and even bread pudding!
This vegan icing will become your go-to icing recipe. It is easily made with only 3 simple ingredients and ready in just 5 minutes!
You can use it to make plenty of different desserts, but it will sure work perfectly well with cakes, muffins, and more. Please try it and let me know what you think!
Ingredient notes
- Powdered sugar or confectioners’ sugar: although you can use it store-bought, I really suggest you make your own version at home following our recipe. It's easy, simple, and quick!
- Unsweetened plant milk: any type of unsweetened non-dairy milk is okay, but I always use soy milk for this recipe.
- Vanilla extract: I like to use homemade vanilla extract as it’s more affordable and extremely easy to make, but store-bought is also a good choice.
Dietary variations
- Make it soy-free: use any type of plant milk or replace it with fresh orange or lemon juice to get orange or lemon icing.
How to make vegan icing
- In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk the powdered sugar, plant milk, and vanilla extract together until smooth.
- Use your vegan icing immediately.
How to store
- Fridge: best when fresh, keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Freezer: keep it in an airtight container in the freezer for 2-3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge, then give it a quick mix.
Serving suggestions
This amount of icing is perfect for 1 batch of vegan cinnamon rolls, vegan scones, and even your favorite kind of cupcakes. For a larger batch, this recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
Looking for more how-to vegan recipes?
- Vegan Royal Icing
- Vegan Condensed Milk
- Vegan Caramel Sauce
- Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting
- Vegan Buttercream Frosting
Did you make this vegan icing recipe?
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Icing
Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered sugar or confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoon unsweetened plant milk, I used soy milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium-size mixing bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, plant milk, and vanilla extract until smooth. Add another tablespoon of plant milk to thin out if necessary. If you prefer a thicker vegan icing, add a little more powdered sugar.
- Use your vegan icing immediately with recipes like vegan cinnamon rolls, vegan scones, and even your favorite kind of vegan muffins.
- Cover and keep the leftovers in the fridge for up to 2 days. You can also keep it in an airtight container in the freezer for 2-3 months. Thaw overnight in the fridge, then give it a quick mix.
Notes
- This amount of icing is perfect for 1 batch of vegan cinnamon rolls, vegan scones, and even your favorite kind of vegan muffins. For a larger batch, this vegan icing recipe can easily be doubled or tripled.
- Feel free to use your favorite kind of plant milk.
- You can replace the plant milk with fresh orange or lemon juice to get orange or lemon icing.
Traci Wani says
OMG! This was awesome!!! I followed ur recipe exactly n it was awesome!! As good as I hoped & def better than expected. I've wanted to make icing for stuff I bake but other icing recipes use milk/cream/ & butter-- I do almond milk. I used almond milk & vanilla extract in ur recipe n turned out great! Really nice surprise for my family, too!
Iosune says
Hi Traci! So glad to hear that 🙂
DONNA says
This turned out nicely. I had lemon on hand so I switched out the vanilla. Tasted good. Good recipe.
Iosune says
Hi Donna! So glad you liked it 🙂
Janice says
Hi Iosune! I tried this and also made your cinnamon rolls and both were terrific. So glad I found your blog. Have a nice day!
Adriana @ Simple Vegan Blog says
Hi Janice! So glad you liked it 🙂 Thanks for your kind comment!