Hey ruf, I should immediately declare that I don’t do icing, I do the baking, icing is DH’s department. But I do watch (and clean-up afterwards *sigh*) so I feel somewhat qualified.

I don’t know why you’re paranoid about over-beating, I don’t think you can over-beat it. Maybe we just have really crappy beaters (hence why I don’t do icing). DH beats it till it’s almost white. I guess if it's hot (the weather I mean) and getting too soft (the butter I mean now), yeah, cooling it mid-beat in the freezer for a few minutes is a good idea.

It’ll be tops mate!