Whether it's a cake or cookies you want a recipe that is the best! Let me show you how to make this fluffy frosting that can be any color you choose and is ready to use in 5 minutes!
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Why Choose This Recipe
- Fast and Easy
- You can pipe this frosting to decorate a cake like this Yellow Butter Cake!
- Perfect for frosting Sugar Cookies!
Ingredient Notes
- Shortening - people often want to use all butter instead of adding a little bit of shortening. You can do this but remember that shortening has a purpose. It maintains it's shape and doesn't soften or melt at room temperature which is why it's in this recipe. Decorative frosting needs to maintain it's shape and not melt.
Step by Step Instructions
- Cream the butter, shortening, salt and vanilla well.
- Add the powdered sugar a cup at a time.
- Beat in the milk.
- Whip frosting at a high speed to until it's light and fluffy.
- Color frosting however you choose.
- Fill frosting bags to decorate or spread on with a frosting knife.
Recipe FAQs and Expert Tips
Either is fine. The amount of salt in salted butter isn't enough to make a difference either way.
It's an American buttercream.
It's better to go with a Chocolate Buttercream Recipe rather than to alter this one.
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PrintThe Best Buttercream Frosting
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: 3 Cups Frosting 1x
- Category: Cake
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Description
Whether it's a cake or cookies you want a recipe that is the best! Let me show you how to make this fluffy frosting that can be any color you choose and is ready to use in 5 minutes!
Ingredients
- ½ cup Butter (Not Margarine) (softened)
- ¼ cup Shortening
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla (clear vanilla if you want white frosting)
- 3 Tbs. Milk
- 4 cups Powdered Sugar
- Gel Food Coloring
Instructions
- Beat the butter, shortening, salt and vanilla together in a mixing bowl.
- Beat in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, beating well after each cup.
- Add the 3 TBS milk.
- Beat until light and fluffy.
- Stir in food coloring.
- Frost your cookies, cakes or whatever else you want!
Notes
- Freezes well.
- Don't substitute margarine for the butter.
Keywords: best buttercream recipe, easy buttercream frosting
Greg
I love frosting. This is the best!!! It is wrong to eat it straight?
★★★★★
Hillary
What kind of shortening did you use?
mindeescookingobsession
Regular Crisco