easy & delicious buttercream frosting

Name: Easy & Delicious Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Ingredients: 8 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 1/2 cup(s) powdered sugar (10X preferred); 3/4 cup(s) plus 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, chilled

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Dawn Sturgeon

Birmingham, AL

Updated on Jan 17, 2010

If you don't have a splatter shield for you mixer, drape a dish towel over top of the mixer. If you don't have a food processor, you can beat entirely in a mixer but it will take at least 45 minutes and won't be as fluffy.

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prep time 30 Min

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yield Fills and frosts a 2-layer, 8" cake

Ingredients

8 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (10X preferred)
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, chilled

How To Make easy & delicious buttercream frosting

Step 1

Divide butter into 1 Tbsp. pats. Place all ingredients in food processor and process on high until light and fluffy, about 8 minutes, scraping sides down once or twice.

Step 2

Transfer mixture to mixing bowl. Using paddle attachment, beat on medium-high for about 20 minutes, stopping the mixer and scraping down the sides several times. The buttercream is ready when the color has changed to white. If not used within an hour, the buttercream will been to be whipped.
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