Buttercream Frosting
Many of you have asked for my buttercream frosting recipe. For some reason it has never made into my recipe section. I realize this isn’t the an exact buttercream recipe, but I’ve been using it for years and everyone loves it.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 pound confectioner’s sugar sifted
- cold milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Chill the frosting bowl.
- Beat the butter until it is fluffy.
- Add sugar and vanilla.
- Add milk slowly until you reach a desired consistency.
Notes
If you are frosting a cake it will be need to be a thinner consistency, but if you are using a decorating bag you will want to make it a little thicker.*This recipe does not frost well when the house is hot and humid.*
Mindi says
Toni – I know that you probably hate all things shortening 😉 but I have found that, if you want to do roses or anything that needs to “hold the shape”, you need to do at LEAST 1/3 shortening, 2/3 butter.
Other than 3-D decorating, this is the same recipe that I use and everyone goes NUTS for it!
san says
can u pls tell me the dimensions used for the pyrex bowl ………i would like to try for my daughter first birthday ………
TheHappyHousewife says
I’m not sure of the dimensions, but the rim of the bowl was the same width as the cake pan. Hope that helps.