Buttercream Cake Frosting

Name: Buttercream Cake Frosting
Yield: 4 cups
Ingredients: ¾ cup butter; 6 cups confectioners' sugar; ⅓ cup milk; 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons milk; 7 drops red food coloring

Rating: 4.21 stars

67 Ratings
51 Reviews
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A touch of red food coloring gives this buttercream frosting recipe a lovely pink hue.

By Judy Wattenbarger

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Recipe Summary

Servings:

Yield:

4 cups

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 15 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

¾ cup butter
6 cups confectioners' sugar
⅓ cup milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
7 drops red food coloring

Directions

Step 1

Beat butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups of the sifted confectioners' sugar, beating well. Slowly beat in the vanilla, salt, and 1/3 cup of the milk. Gradually beat in the 3 remaining cups of confectioner's sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired tint the frosting pink with 6 to 8 drops of red food coloring.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

273 calories; protein 0.3g 1% DV; carbohydrates 48.2g 16% DV; fat 9.4g 15% DV; cholesterol 25mg 8% DV; sodium 107.7mg 4% DV. Full Nutrition

Reviews (51)

Most helpful positive review

Melani Martin Ebersole

07/14/2003

This is a really delicious frosting and spreads really well on cakes and cookies. The only thing I do differently is to use unsalted butter or leave out the salt in the recipe. Read More

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Most helpful critical review

naples34102

05/17/2011

As I added the sugar I found four cups worked for me so I stopped right there and only added enough milk to get it to the proper consistency for piping onto cupcakes. I wanted a true butter tasting frosting that wasn't too sweet - six cups would have defeated that. With four cups I got a beautiful, light, fluffy, not-too-sweet butter cream frosting. Read More

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67 Ratings

5 star values: 35
4 star values: 17
3 star values: 10
2 star values: 4
1 star values: 1

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naples34102

05/16/2011

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KISMETKIM

03/25/2003

hate to break the chain of enthusiastic reviews but this was just not so top-notch for me. I have quite the sweet tooth and even I found this too be a bit too sweet. those who ate the cake along with ice cream (I used this for my boyfriend's bday cake) finished but those who didn't want ice cream barely made it halfway through their slices. Read More

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Melani Martin Ebersole

07/14/2003

This is a really delicious frosting and spreads really well on cakes and cookies. The only thing I do differently is to use unsalted butter or leave out the salt in the recipe. Read More

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(18)

UTOPIA122

01/17/2007

I used this recipe for my twins' first birthday cakes. I did cut the recipe in half and added more red food coloring for a pinker color. Really liked the flavor. Had to keep it in the fridge or the icing started to run. Will definitely use again. Read More

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BASAL

08/13/2004

I cut recipe amount by 1/3 and still had enough for 2 one layer cakes and a dozen cupcakes! I found the taste very sweet so I added extra vanilla extract and some almond extract. Good for plain white or not too sweet cakes. Read More

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BabaEva

10/18/2002

I bake a lot of cakes and finally found the perfect frosting. Not only is it delicious and perfect! It made a nice size amount so I could frost a 2 layer cake. This will be a staple in my house from now on. Thanks! Read More

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MA2HANNAH

01/13/2007

I was wanting a recipe that I could tint several different colors for my daughter's b-day cake. This was perfect. When I went to make it I realized I only had about 5 cups of powdered sugar. It turned out great and I didn't need to add the extra few Tablespoons of milk at the end. If I had added one more cup of powdered sugar i can't imagine it turning out though. It was very yummy too! Read More

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ELANCE

01/29/2004

Great recipe. Very very very sweet though -- and this is coming from someone who likes sweet things. Also you may need to add a little more milk than the recipe calls for to get it "spreadable." Read More

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nansen

02/10/2007

Fast easy and delicious frosting recipe! This is the first time I have ever made frosting myself and was surprised at how great it tasted! Read More

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This is a really delicious frosting and spreads really well on cakes and cookies. The only thing I do differently is to use unsalted butter or leave out the salt in the recipe.

Great recipe. Very very very sweet though -- and this is coming from someone who likes sweet things. Also you may need to add a little more milk than the recipe calls for to get it "spreadable."