Butter Frosting

44 Reviews

“Buttercream frosting with lovely pink hue.” - by Judy Wattenbarger

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter
6 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
7 drops red food coloring

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Original recipe yields 4 cups

Directions

Beat butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups of the sifted confectioners' sugar, beating well. Slowly beat in the vanilla, salt, and 1/3 cup of the milk. Gradually beat in the 3 remaining cups of confectioner's sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired tint the frosting pink with 6 to 8 drops of red food coloring.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (15 total)

Calories
273 cal
14%

Fat
9.4 g
14%

Carbs
48.2 g
16%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (44)

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naples34102

May. 16, 2011

"As I added the sugar I found four cups worked for me so I stopped right there and only added enough milk to get it to the proper consistency for piping onto cupcakes. I wanted a true butter tasting ..." See morefrosting that wasn't too sweet - six cups would have defeated that. With four cups I got a beautiful, light, fluffy, not-too-sweet butter cream frosting."

KISMETKIM

Mar. 25, 2003

"hate to break the chain of enthusiastic reviews, but this was just not so top-notch for me. I have quite the sweet tooth and even I found this too be a bit too sweet. those who ate the cake along wi..." See moreth ice cream (I used this for my boyfriend's bday cake) finished, but those who didn't want ice cream barely made it halfway through their slices."

MKE250

Jul. 14, 2003

"This is a really delicious frosting, and spreads really well on cakes and cookies. The only thing I do differently is to use unsalted butter, or leave out the salt in the recipe...." See more"

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