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Simple Buttercream

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Simple buttercream (sometimes called American buttercream, mock cream, or butter icing) is a type of icing or frosting used inside cakes, as a coating, and as decoration.

Total 00:05
Yield Enough for an 8-inch round 2-layer cake

Ingredients

  • 200 g (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
  • 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
  • 450 g (4 cups) sifted powdered sugar
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) milk

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cream together butter and vanilla using a mixer.
  2. 2
    Beat in powdered sugar one cup at a time, scraping sides and bottom of bowl regularly. Mixture will be very dry.
  3. 3
    When all the sugar is incorporated, add milk and beat until incorporated.
Category
Desserts

Dietary Information

Gluten Free

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Simple_Buttercream