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Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Basic frosting recipe, perfect for tinting and icing cakes or cupcakes.
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Yield: 3 cups (enough for 24 cupcakes)
Prep Time: 10 min
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
coloring or gel paste, optionalDirections:
In a large bowl, use electric mixer to beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Increase speed to medium, and slowly add milk and vanilla, beating until smooth. Beat in drops of color if you wish to tint the frosting.
Tips:
*Add additional powdered sugar if you need to thicken it a bit.
Source: RecipeGirl.com
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Sacha — April 13, 2009 @ 4:35 AM
Halved this recipe and made it for 12 cupcakes yesterday. Beat it extra long and it became white and fluffy. Yum! Perfect “cloud” topping for rainbow cupcakes.
TRISHA — December 9, 2012 @ 9:20 PM
Hello. Just wanted to verify the amount of cream cheese… Did you use 3oz???
Lori Lange replied: — December 9th, 2012 @ 9:22 PM
One 3-ounce package (or 3 ounces from a larger package).
Michelle — January 20, 2013 @ 9:52 PM
Hi, I found this recipe via another food blog, and used it this weekend on some cupcakes. I LOVE this frosting! It’s a perfect combination of buttercream and cream cheese frosting. I will surely be making this over and over! Thanks!