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Buttercream is an icing made by creaming together butter, sugar, and egg whites. Buttercream is used for frosting, filling and decorating cakes.
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Fast Facts
- Sometimes flour and flavor extracts are added
- Food Coloring can be added
- Also called mock cream
- Keep refrigerated
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How to Make Buttercream Frosting
- Cream 1 and 1/4 cups unsalted, room temperature butter and a tablespoon of vanilla extract, almond extract or lemon extract depending on what flavor the frosting should be.
- Whip 3/4 cups of sugar and 3 egg whites together until the sugar is dissolved and semi-stiff peaks are formed.
- With a mixer set to a medium speed, beat the butter mixture into the egg white mixture a quarter cup at a time. Keep refrigerated.
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How to Buttercream a Cake
- After baking the cake let it cool, wrap in in some plastic wrap and put it in the freezer for a couple of hours to minimize crumbs while cutting and frosting it.
- Unwrap the cake and cut it in half, into two layers. Fill with whatever filling is preferred. Wrap the cake up again and return to the freezer for another hour.
- Take out the cake and cut it evenly on the sides so that there are no uneven layers. Spread the buttercream over the cake thickly, so that crumbs will not be pulled up while spreading. Spread the buttercream with a spatula and when an even coating is achieved, gently scrape off any access frosting.
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Damn this buttercream frosting and cheesecake filling. I'm so mad I got the lil prince a cake that serves 40!! Now I have to be 20/40
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Baking a cake for my #Wilton cake decorating class tomorrow. The cake is from a box, but the buttercream icing will be from scratch.
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Buttercream Flowers and Arrangements - $12.95
This book shows beautiful, easy-to-create buttercream flowers for cake decorating including a buttercream orchid. No drying of the flowers is required. The flowers are either made directly on the cake or on a skewer stick and then moved ...
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Rich buttercream frosting made from scratch. Twelve-ounce Color Bowl Candles have an approximate burn time of 45-50 hours.
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View All Buttercream Questions (6) | Ask a QuestionDoes anyone have a good recipe for buttercream frosting? (2 Answers)Here's the classic recipe from Billy's Bakery in NYC, courtesy Billy Reese 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 6 to 8 cups confectioner's sugar 1/2 cup milk 1 ... read moreanyone know of a good recipe for buttercream frosting? (1 Answer)Classic Buttercream Frosting Ingredients ------------------ 3/4 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup shortening 1/2 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla 2 lbs confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar) Directions -------------- ... read moreAnyone know of a good recipe for buttercream frosting? (1 Answer)Here is a recipe for butter cream frosting that is nearly identical to the one we use! http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing read moreThe butter/sugar ratios in recipes Ive found for Buttercream Icing vary widely. Ive done different ways in the past, opinions on the best? (1 Answer)Give this one a try! Hope you like it. Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting Recipe courtesy Gale Gand Prep Time: 2 min Inactive Prep Time: hr min Cook Time: 10 min ... read more
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