Pink Buttercream Frosting

My neighbor's daughter is having her 3rd birthday party and I decided to make her cupcakes for her because the ones at places like wal-mart or kroger are so ugly and full of crap. Apparently she loves pink, of course, so I tried to do the girliest cupcakes I could. I even put pink sprinkles in the batter to turn it pink so when she bites into it, everything will be pink! It was really hard trying to tie the ribbon around them, and I'm not sure if I would it again...we'll have to see. The sugarpaste flowers are actually really easy to make, if you know how to work with sugarpaste, and you know how to make proper royal icing. But I'm going to give you the recipe for my buttercream, which it is soooooooooooooooooo much better than the stuff you get in tubs, or the stuff on cakes at kroger which is all made from shortening or lard, which in other words is just fat. For this one, I used, 3 sticks of soft, really soft, unsalted butter, 1 bag (1lb) of sifted icing sugar, 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract, about 3 tablespoons milk, and some pink food coloring gel (always try and use the gel food coloring because it doesn't change the consistency of things such as frosting like the liquid does). Beat the butter until it gets really soft, and beat in the sifted icing sugar 1 cup at a time, add the vanilla and beat through with the milk, (you may need more or less milk depending on how you want your frosting; I used 3 tablespoons), add a pinch of salt to balance out the sweetness and then I added some of the pink food gel. If you dip a toothpick in and grab a little bit of to put in the frosting it works well, I usually do one at a time so the color doesn't go crazy and you can have it who you want it. Beat the buttercream until creamy and smooth. (Instead of vanilla you could use different extracts such as orange, almond, lemon, etc..)