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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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."
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!
