Perfect Butter Icing Recipes

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QUICK AND ALMOST-PROFESSIONAL BUTTERCREAM ICING



Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing image

After failing to find the perfect recipe for buttercream icing, I found one that worked for me and then added my own two cents.

Provided by xoshadyxo

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Buttercream

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 5

½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons milk
3 drops food coloring, or as needed

Steps:

  • 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 to 4 minutes. Add food coloring, if using, and beat for thirty seconds until smooth or until desired color is reached.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 227.9 calories, Carbohydrate 31.5 g, Cholesterol 30.8 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Protein 0.2 g, SaturatedFat 7.3 g, Sodium 83.7 mg, Sugar 31 g

BUTTERCREAM ICING



Buttercream icing image

Foolproof cake frosting requires just butter and icing sugar - try out different flavourings and use our guide for quantities

Provided by Caroline Hire - Food writer

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert

Time 10m

Yield Makes enough to ice 12 cupcakes/fill and cover a 20cm cake

Number Of Ingredients 7

600g icing sugar, sifted
300g unsalted or salted butter, softened
finely grated lemon zest
finely grated orange zest
a dash of vanilla extract
few drops food colouring
cocoa powder, to taste

Steps:

  • Beat 600g sifted icing sugar and 300g butter together with your chosen flavouring and colouring if using, add 2-3 tablespoons of boiling water to loosen and beat until smooth.
  • Fill a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe onto cupcakes or smear in the middle and over the top of a 20cm cake using a palette knife.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 284 calories, Fat 20.6 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 25 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 25 grams sugar, Protein 0.1 grams protein, Sodium 0.4 milligram of sodium

BUTTERCREAM FROSTING FOR DECORATIONS RECIPE BY TASTY



Buttercream Frosting For Decorations Recipe by Tasty image

This buttercream recipe is perfect for making beautiful decorations for cakes, cupcakes, and even cookies. It works especially well for piping flowers. Give it a try and impress your friends!

Provided by Katie Aubin

Categories     Desserts

Time 1h30m

Yield 3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup unsalted butter
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon salt
5 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, use an electric hand mixer to cream butter until smooth, but not airy. Add milk, vanilla and salt and mix to incorporate.
  • Sift powdered sugar over the butter mixture. Mix until incorporated and smooth. Do not overmix, to avoid air pockets in your frosting.
  • Divide the frosting and add gel food coloring as desired.
  • Use a piping bag fitted with desired tip to pipe flowers onto parchment paper. Freeze the flowers for at least 20 minutes.
  • Use a knife to lift frozen flowers from parchment and onto a frosted cake. Arrange as desired.
  • Enjoy!

BUTTER FROSTING



Butter Frosting image

Rich frosting, great on Banana Spice Cookies.

Provided by Desiree

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Buttercream

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 4

⅓ cup butter
4 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar
¼ cup milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • In a bowl beat butter or margarine until fluffy. Gradually add 2 cups of the confectioners' sugar, beating well.
  • Slowly beat in the milk and vanilla. Slowly beat in remaining sugar. Beat in additional milk, if needed, to make of spreading consistency. Tint with food color, if desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 58.1 calories, Carbohydrate 11.8 g, Cholesterol 3.5 mg, Fat 1.3 g, Protein 0.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.8 g, Sodium 9.7 mg, Sugar 11.6 g

PERFECT BUTTER ICING



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A beautifully pale and creamy butter icing

Provided by Cerys35

Time 20m

Yield Makes Enough to ice 12 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 0

Steps:

  • Cube the butter and soften in the microwave for 15 seconds.
  • Cream in a mixing bowl for 3-5 minutes with a hand mixer.
  • Sift half of the icing sugar into the mixing bowl with the butter and mix for 2 minutes and sift in the remaining icing sugar.
  • Mix for another 2 minutes add in the milk and mix for at least 5 minutes until pale and creamy. Enjoy icing your cakes!

BASIC BUTTERCREAM ICING



Basic Buttercream Icing image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 15m

Yield 6 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 cup unsalted butter or margarine, room temperature (use vegetable shortening when pure white icing is needed)
1/2 cup milk, room temperature
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla or other desired flavoring
2 pounds confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Combine all the ingredients in large mixing bowl and mix at slow speed until smooth. If stiffer icing is needed, or if the weather is very warm, add a little extra sugar. This recipe is enough to cover and fill a 9- by 13-inch sheet cake or two 9-inch layers.

BASIC BUTTERCREAM ICING



Basic Buttercream Icing image

This is a recipe that was given in the packet from a workshop I took at the Wilton school. It is a very good recipe and isn't exactly like any of the other buttercream recipes I saw! Great for decoration or for icing (once it is thinned with a little milk/cream). The picture is of a cake with royal icing roses and 3 Tbs of Kahlua added to the buttercream.

Provided by Dwynnie

Categories     Dessert

Time 15m

Yield 3 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 6

1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 lb confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4-1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2-1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Cream shortening and butter until fluffy.
  • Add sugar and continue creaming until well blended.
  • Add salt, flavoring, and cream and blend on low speed until moistened.
  • Beat at high speed until fluffy.
  • Note: If adding more flavoring, the flavoring with the cream should be 1/4 to 1/2 cup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1055.6, Fat 62, SaturatedFat 27.9, Cholesterol 93, Sodium 177.5, Carbohydrate 129.7, Sugar 127, Protein 0.6

EASY VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING



Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting image

After trying a few buttercream frosting recipes, this easy buttercream frosting takes the cake with its unmatchable homemade taste. With a few simple variations, you can come up with different colors and flavors. -Diana Wilson, Denver, Colorado

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 10m

Yield About 3 cups.

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/2 cup butter, softened
4-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 124 calories, Fat 4g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 11mg cholesterol, Sodium 40mg sodium, Carbohydrate 23g carbohydrate (21g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.

PERFECT VANILLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING



Perfect Vanilla Buttercream Frosting image

This is the best!! And it is so easy to make!!! Can be refrigerated for up to 4 days, or frozen for 1 month. Bring to room temp and beat 1 min.

Provided by MizzNezz

Categories     Dessert

Time 8m

Yield 3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 cup butter, softened (no subs)
1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow cream
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps:

  • Beat butter in med bowl on med speed until creamy.
  • Beat in marshmallow cream.
  • Blend well.
  • Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla.
  • Increase speed to hi and beat for 3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 915.2, Fat 61.6, SaturatedFat 38.9, Cholesterol 162.7, Sodium 489.3, Carbohydrate 92.3, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 70.3, Protein 1.2

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