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Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Recipe video above. A classic vanilla buttercream that’s creamy and fluffy, and perfect for frosting cakes, cupcakes, and everything in between! Vanilla is such a classic flavour, this frosting is a terrific all-rounder that goes with almost any type of cake, though I especially love it with my Vanilla Cake and Vanilla Cupcakes.Makes enough frosting for 2 layer 20 cm / 8" cake (top, sides and inside), top only of slab cake (23 x 33cm / 9 x 13"), 12 cupcakes piped ~ 3.5cm / 1.5" high, 18 cupcakes spread on thickly. Click on servings and slide to scale recipe up or down.-------------------After a less sweet frosting? Use my Secret Less-Sweet Fluffy Frosting. The texture is exactly like buttercream and it's also 100% smooth (no matter what anyone tells you, buttercream will never, ever be 100% smooth, you will always have faint graininess from icing sugar, it's just the way it is!).
👥 3 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 10 min⏳ Prep: 10 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●blender
📝 Preparation Steps
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Cream butter - Beat butter with paddle attachment in stand mixer for ⏱️ 3 minutes on high until it changes from yellow to almost white, and it becomes fluffy and creamy. (Note 2)
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Add icing sugar / powdered sugar gradually in 3 lots, beating slowly (to avoid a powder storm!) then once mostly incorporated, beat on high for a full ⏱️ 3 minutes until fluffy.
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Finish - Add vanilla and milk, then beat for a further ⏱️ 30 seconds. Use milk only if needed to make it lovely and soft but still holds its form (eg for piping). Use immediately to frost on cooled cakes and cupcakes! I especially love vanilla buttercream with a beautiful soft Vanilla Cake (pictured in post) or on Vanilla Cupcakes.
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Pro tips
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Remove unsightly air bubbles - Use a stick blender! Just blitz it around the bowl and watch the bubbles disappear. :)
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Make it pure white - Vanilla buttercream is not pure white because of the butter and vanilla extract (which is brown). To make it pure white (like wedding cake white!) use a white food colouring (like this one). To make it whiter without using colouring, use a pale yellow butter (like Lurpak). You can also use a clear vanilla extract if you can find a good one which I have yet to find (most are imitation essence).
vanilla extract (or upgrade to vanilla bean paste)3 tsp
Nutrition Facts
calories
3790 kcal
fat Content
204 g
serving Size
1 serving
sugar Content
492 g
sodium Content
50 mg
protein Content
3 g
trans Fat Content
8 g
cholesterol Content
541 mg
carbohydrate Content
502 g
saturated Fat Content
129 g
unsaturated Fat Content
61 g
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