Simple Buttercream
Simple buttercream (sometimes called American buttercream, mock cream, or butter icing) is a type of icing or frosting used inside cakes, as a coating, and as decoration.
Ingredients
- 200 g (1 cup) unsalted butter, softened
- 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract
- 450 g (4 cups) sifted powdered sugar
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) milk
Ingredients for 24 servings (685 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Cream together butter and vanilla using a mixer.
- 2
Beat in powdered sugar one cup at a time, scraping sides and bottom of bowl regularly. Mixture will be very dry.
- 3
When all the sugar is incorporated, add milk and beat until incorporated.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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