The Magic Secret To The Best Butter Cream Frosting Revealed
The Magic Secret To The Best Butter Cream Frosting Revealed for you here! You have all the ingredients and tools to make it right in your own kitchen!
Aidan's birthday is this week. He likes white cake and frosting, so I searched for a special cake and found the recipe for white velvet cake from the Cake Boss. That recipe, I will definitely use again and again!
Then, in search of a recipe I had found for buttercream frosting, I came upon this site, "Cooking Classy", which had the secret to light, fluffy, creamy, buttercream frosting. The secret is not in the ingredients so much as in the mixing technique!
Are you kidding me? No! This is without a doubt, the best frosting I have ever made, which is saying something, because I have been baking and cooking since I was nine years old! The big secret is in the mixing technique! This recipe is deliciously, light, fluffy and creamy!
The secret is in whipping air into the butter for 7 to 8 minutes and then whipping more air after the cream is added! Now, I will be trying this technique with other buttercream recipes! Thinking about it, doesn't it make sense, after hearing,(or reading) the secret?
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups butter, at room temperature (3 sticks)*
4-1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 - 4 Tbsp heavy cream
1-1/2 tsp vanilla extract (use clear if desired)
Directions:
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, using the paddle or whisk attachment whip butter on medium high speed (if using whisk attachment whip on high speed) until nearly white and very fluffy, about 7 - 8 minutes, frequently scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Add in powdered sugar, heavy cream and vanilla extract and mix on low speed until blended. Then increase speed to medium and beat until very light and fluffy, about 5 - 6 minutes, frequently scraping down the sides of the bowl. Immediately spread over cooled cake or cupcakes.
Note: if you want an alternate flavor of frosting, coconut or almond extract would be a great substitute for the vanilla extract, just add it to taste.
*I used half salted butter and half unsalted butter (3/4 cup of each)
Use Land O' Lakes or really good butter. I tried a store brand and it did not have the same consistency! More powdered sugar had to be added for the right consistency.
Now, you can make the 'best' butter cream frosting! The Magic Secret To The Best Butter Cream Frosting Revealed here in this post!
