Buttercream

Name: Buttercream
Yield: 750 g (1 lb 11 oz)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter, softened; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation info

750
g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spectacular Cakes

By Mich Turner

Published 2005

About

Buttercream is a combination of softened unsalted butter and icing sugar. The basic mixture can be combined with other flavours: these lemon curd, espresso and chocolate ganache versions are particularly good.

Ingredients

You Will Need

250 g (9 oz) unsalted butter, softened
500 g (1 lb

Europe
United Kingdom
Garnish
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Beat the softened butter for 2 minutes using an electric whisk. Sieve in the icing sugar and beat slowly at first. Add the vanilla extract then, with the whisk on full speed, whip until the buttercream is very light and fluffy.