Simple Buttercream
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.
5 min
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
Steps
- Cream together butter and vanilla using a mixer.
- Beat in powdered sugar one cup at a time, scraping sides and bottom of bowl regularly. Mixture will be very dry.
- When all the sugar is incorporated, add milk and beat until incorporated.
More recipes with butter, vanilla, powdered sugar or milk
Adapted from “Simple Buttercream” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.