Buttercream Frosting
Buttercream frosting is perfect for decorating cakes, cupcakes and fill desserts. Add gel food coloring, and additional flavors for the perfect dessert.
Servings: 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter if making it in hot weather use half vegetable shortening
- 4-6 cups powdered sugar start with 4 cups, add more only if needed.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream or use vanilla coffee creamer.
Instructions
- In the bowl of a mixer beat butter until smooth, fluffy, and pale in color.
- Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream or creamer.
- Mix on medium until smooth and creamy.
- If the temperature is really HOT or humid outside mix 1/2 butter 1/2 shortening or all shortening.
- Add more powdered sugar if you add a lot of food coloring or extracts.
- For very white frosting, use all shortening, and add a few drops of Americolor white food coloring or a tiny drop of lavender/purple food coloring to offset the yellow in the butter to make it bright white.