Frosting:  Butter Cream. Cream room temperature butter with a hand mixer, the paddle attachment of a stand mixer. Today we're covering how to make homemade buttercream frosting. I use unsalted butter in all of my recipes because the amount of salt in salted butter can vary quite a bit between different brands.

Also, use unsalted butter for making buttercream; otherwise your frosting might end up tasting salty! Basic buttercream starts with softened butter, but what does that mean exactly? This is THE Best Buttercream Frosting recipe and the only one we use. You can cook Frosting:  Butter Cream using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Frosting:  Butter Cream

1. It's 4 c of Powdered Sugar (2 lb bag).
2. Prepare 1 c of Butter.
3. It's 3 tsp of Vanilla.
4. Prepare 2 Tbsp of Merengue Powder.
5. You need 2 Tbsp of Milk.

Mix the butter and the vanilla on low. Add the powdered sugar to the mixer. Start your mixer (or beaters) on the lowest setting. The buttercream frosting is made by creaming butter with powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and a little bit of heavy cream, then whipping it into the perfect buttercream frosting.

Frosting:  Butter Cream step by step

1. Mix butter, vanilla, milk, and merengue powder..
2. Slowly, mix in powdered sugar..
3. Notes: I find that the best consistency to work with is when you pile the frosting up and stick a butter knife in it. It should take between 6-10 seconds for the knife to drop over..
4. For chocolate buttercream add 2/3 c unsweetened cocoa powder. Can also use 1 c melted chocolate chips (melted and cooled)..

Yellow Butter Cake with Chocolate Buttercream. Butter cream frosting is made using a combination of butter and powdered sugar, this is often referred to as American buttercream and it used for frosting cakes and cupcakes. Buttercream frosting is a rich, delectable topping for cakes. Its melt-in-your-mouth flavor and versatile consistency makes it the perfect frosting to use on birthday. Butter - this ingredient puts the butter in buttercream… cheesy jokes aside, make sure your butter is softened before making this recipe.