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Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing
xoshadyxo
"After failing to find the perfect recipe for buttercream icing, I found one that worked for me and then added my own two cents."
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Ingredients
15 m servings 228 calsOriginal recipe yields 8 servings (2 1/2 cups)
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- Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer, or a wooden spoon until smooth and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fully incorporated. Beat in vanilla extract.
- Pour in milk and beat for an additional 3-4 minutes. Add food coloring, if using, and beat for thirty seconds until smooth or until desired color is reached.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 228 calories; 11.6 g fat; 31.5 g carbohydrates; 0.2 g protein; 31 mg cholesterol; 84 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
3/25/2009
Creamy and fluffy frosting, yet still perfect for piping/decorating. One recipe, however, was barely enough to frost ten cupcakes, so keep this in mind for any of your frosting or decorating nee...
Most helpful critical review
12/29/2009
The consistancy was fine but it tasted too sugary and not creamy enough.
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3/25/2009
Creamy and fluffy frosting, yet still perfect for piping/decorating. One recipe, however, was barely enough to frost ten cupcakes, so keep this in mind for any of your frosting or decorating nee...
6/11/2010
I'm a novice cake decorator and this is the first time I've ever in my life reviewed a recipe, but I was so overjoyed I had to do it. I have been trying buttercream recipes for 4 months now, and...
10/24/2008
awesome frosting. easy to decorate with. the only changes i made was that i melted the butter and added 2/3 cup of cocoa to make the frosting a chocolate flavor.
10/19/2008
This is a great buttercream icing recipe. I followed it fairly closely, thought I did add extra vanilla, which then necessitated adding some extra 10X sugar to make up for the extra liquid. It...
2/18/2009
This icing recipe is my absolute favorite out of all that I've tried! I used it to pipe on decorations for my daughter's horse birthday cake. I needed to add almost 2/3 cup more powdered sugar...
10/8/2008
This recipe is for REAL frosting not the garbage that comes from the store. I followed the recipe without changes. This was served with SCOTTLEY'S BASIC YELLOW CAKE and the filling from ALMOND C...
9/22/2008
This icing was just what I was looking for as I didnt really want to take the time to do boiling icing. Not too too sweet but very creamy. I will use this again. Alot of flavorings can be added...
12/12/2008
This was the lightest fluffiest frosting I have ever made at home. It was as good as the bakeries use for sure! I used this for soft sugar cookies and it made them over-the-top great, but truly ...
9/7/2008
This is so much better than store-bought icing! Just be sure to use real butter; it makes all the difference.