Sweet Orange Icing

I had a really nice massage today--I wish I could go every week instead of every 6 months! So I am feeling pretty relaxed on this sunny Monday.
The chocolate cake from Thursday came out very well; it was not too sweet and had a nice texture and light but firm consistency. Since my birthday girl was allergic to nuts and hated cream cheese, I opted for a citrus flavored icing. So here is my personal creation:

Sweet Orange Icing (half batch)
1 and 3/4 C powdered sugar
1/2 t orange extract (I usually find these at TJMaxx, Homegoods and Marshalls)
1 t vanilla extract
2 T milk
1/4 C very soft unsalted butter
1/2 t dried orange peel (I used Penzey's)

Blend all of the above with electric mixer, adding 1/4 C powdered sugar if necessary.

This is enough to realistically cover the top of a 9"x13" cake or 24 cupcakes with light layer or icing. If you are going to frost the sides of a cake I would definitely double the amounts. Mine was a little liquidy the first time, maybe due to the fact that I had totally melted the butter. But this did make it easy to apply to my cake, I just poured the icing on in a line down the center and then gently brought it to the edges with a spatula. I don't like clear vanillas, so this is a warm off-white icing. Since I had left my cake in the pan for time/travel purposes I just did a border of rainbow sprinkles around the edges to make it a bit more professional.

Well, now I am off to go Rustoleum my new/old filing cabinet and to clean up the dirt from my cats knocking over my plants.