The Best Buttercream Frosting Recipe
How to Make Homemade Buttercream Frosting
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With this recipe you will end up with a light, fluffy, universal buttercream, that is perfect for piping. I used it for quite some time and it never got runny on me. It is perfect for cakes, cupcakes, etc!
You can see here it’s not runny for decorating goodies!
Watch me make it…
Best Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter room temp
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3 3/4 cup confectioners sugar
- 5 tbsp heavy cream
- 1 tsp flavoring vanilla, almond, lemon etc.
Instructions
- Beat together butter and shortening until light and fluffy.
- Add in confectioners sugar a cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add the heavy cream and your flavoring of choice and beat for 1 – 2 minutes on high speed.
My 73 year old mother is crazy about white cake with white buttercream frosting (she loves weddings) and has been craving cake all week. So today I decided to make one for her using your buttercream frosting recipe. She absolutely loved it…so much better than store bought frosting.
A few tips though…a stand mixer is really much better to use for this recipe instead of a hand mixer as you might burn out your motor. Also, In order to help keep the buttercream from tasting greasy from the shortening, I recommend mixing the shortening and butter together on medium high speed for a full 10 minutes before adding the sugar.
I was a little worried how dry the mix looked after adding all the sugar, but once I added in the cream it was perfect consistancy. This made a generous amount of frosting and I had a good amount left over after frosting the 9 X 13 cake.
Thanks for sharing this recipe…I get the feeling I will be making a lot more white cake with buttercream frosting in the future.
I made the frosting for my daughters 1st birthday, and everybody loved it! Do you have a chocolate buttercream recipe?
Hi there,
I just finished making this and all I can say is YUM! This will be my go to recipe for frosting my cakes! I had almond extract on hand and it’s delicious!! This is so easy to make that my 9 year old twins read me the directions and I let them measure for me! ?
P.S. Your orange chicken and white chicken enchilada recipes are amazing! I make both recipes every other week!!
It is literally perfect. I’ve already used this recipe several times and it is indeed amazing for piping.. And that was with me being super rusty !!