Description
Delicious and easy homemade frosting recipe. This is classic American Buttercream and will hold piped decorations beautifully.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup or 200 grams room temperature salted butter
- 3 1/2 cups or 420 grams sifted powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup of cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Whip the butter for 5 minutes on medium high in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Stop frequently to scrape down the sides.
- While the butter is creaming add your flavoring. Fat carries flavor so adding your flavoring now is a great way to enhance the taste.
- Add powdered sugar in TWO additions. It is important the sugar is sifted as lumpy sugar will give you lumpy frosting. Nobody wants that. Mix the first addition for 3 minutes and be sure to scrape down the bowl and the paddle several times to make sure everything is mixing properly. Add the second addition, and do the same.
- At this point, assess the consistency of your frosting. Time of year and elevation will play heavily into your frosting thickness. Also, if you are frosting a layer cake, you will want denser frosting to go in between the layers.
- Add cream a tablespoon or two at a time and mix well before deciding to add more. You don’t want it so thin it won’t hold its shape. If you desire color in your frosting add it now.
- Run the mixer on a lower speed and add color one drop at a time until desired hue is created.
Notes
- I recommend salted butter, because the salt balances out the sugar really well. I also recommend using a European style butter if you can get your hands on it. French butter has more butter fat, and it makes the best desserts.
- Save your pennies and invest in a good quality stand mixer. You cannot whip frosting with a wooden spoon. So, please, stop trying to do that.
Visit my All In One Cupcake recipe to see how to further hone your butter and weighing skills.