Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Name: Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Yield: About 6 cups—enough for 24 cupcakes, a 3-layer 8-inch (20-cm) cake, or a 2-layer 9-inch (23-cm) cake (cut recipe in half for a 9 x 13-inch/23 x 33-cm sheet cake)
Ingredients: 600 grams (5 cups) powdered, icing, or confectioner’s sugar; 454 grams (2 cups, 4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 56–84 grams (4–6 tablespoons) milk or heavy cream; 2 grams (½ teaspoon) kosher salt; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation info

Yield: About 6 cups —enough for
24
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Baker Bettie's Better Baking Book

By Kristin Hoffman

Published 2022

About

This is the easiest style of buttercream to make and requires simply creaming together butter with powdered sugar and adding in any flavor you like! Use this as your base to make endless flavors to pair with your cakes.

Ingredients

454 grams (2 cups, 4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
600

Cake
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Prep

At least 30 minutes before making the buttercream, take the butter out of the refrigerator to soften at room temperature.
Measure out the rest of the ingredients.

To Make the Buttercream

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a