The Best Buttercream Frosting

Name: The Best Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 Cup Butter (Not Margarine) (softened); 1/4 Cup Shortening; 1/8 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Vanilla (clear vanilla if you want white frosting); 3 Tbs. Milk; 4 Cups Powdered Sugar; Gel Food Coloring

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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!

Six different colored buttercream frostings in bags.

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The Best Buttercream Frosting

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

Do I need salted or unsalted butter?

Either is fine. The amount of salt in salted butter isn't enough to make a difference either way.

What type of buttercream is this frosting?

It's an American buttercream.

Can I flavor this chocolate?

It's better to go with a Chocolate Buttercream Recipe rather than to alter this one.

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