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- Sometimes flour and flavor extracts are added
- Food Coloring can be added
- Also called mock cream
- Keep refrigerated
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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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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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Buttercream Questions
Does anyone have a good recipe for buttercream frosting? 2 AnswersHere'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 ... read more
anyone know of a good recipe for buttercream frosting? 1 AnswerClassic Buttercream Frosting Ingredients ------------------ 3/4 cup unsalted butter 1/4 cup shortening 1/2 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt ... read more
Anyone know of a good recipe for buttercream frosting? 1 AnswerHere is a recipe for butter cream frosting that is nearly identical to the one we use! http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing read more
The butter/sugar ratios in recipes Ive found for Buttercream Icing vary widely. Ive done different ways in the past, opinions on the best? 1 AnswerGive 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... read more
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after work snack: a quarter of a single layer yellow sheet cake, with buttercream icing. OH MAN!!
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Want a cookie with dimension and/or texture? Try a buttercream icing made w/ egg & cream of tartar! http://bit.ly/6lwjnP
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Baking a cake for Jeff, who turns 33 today. Dark chocolate cake with peanut butter buttercream frosting and peanut butter choc ganache.
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Tomorrows flavor will blow your tastebuds away. Pumpkin spice cupcake w/creamy vanilla buttercream and a dash of cinnamon on top
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