Heavenly Vanilla Buttercream Recipe

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Heavenly Vanilla Buttercream
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Ingredients
5
Count
Nutrition
330
Calories
Total time
25
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 2/3 cups sugar
  • 1/3 cup water

Directions:

  1. In a heavy-duty saucepan, mix water with sugar until it is of even consistency.
  2. Put saucepan on low-med heat.
  3. Meanwhile, in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat egg whites on medium until they start getting stiff, then opaque. This takes about 45 seconds per egg white.
  4. When the sugar syrup in the pan goes into a boil for at least a minute (without burning), turn off the heat.
  5. With the mixer still on medium speed, pour the boiling sugar syrup into the stiffened egg whites, using a funnel. The funnel should aim directly at the egg whites in the bowl, using care not to let the sugar syrup touch the side of the bowl or the whisk, as this could cause stringy sugar crystals to form in the icing, which should be silky smooth.
  6. Keep the mixer on medium speed for about 10 minutes - scraping the sides of the bowl every 3 minutes or so.
  7. When the egg whites resembles thick marshmallow fluff, keep the mixer on low to medium speed, and start adding the butter, one half-stick at a time.
  8. Wait until the entire half stick is incorporated before adding the next.
  9. When you've added the fifth or sixth stick of butter, the mixture may begin to look watery and lumpy, like cottage cheese. This is alright - simply keep adding the rest of the butter and leave the mixer on.
  10. Add vanilla.
  11. Once all the butter has been added, turn the mixer up to medium-high and watch it turn from lumpy, greasy cottage cheese into a silken smooth, dense, whipped cloud of heavenly, delicious, smooth buttercream.
  12. Use buttercream right away, or it can be refrigerated.
  13. If refrigerated, let buttercream come to room temperature for at least 2 hours before attempting to re-beat it. Otherwise, you will, once again, have the greasy cottage cheese effect, and it does take considerable effort to rebeat it to the perfect consistency.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 330.02 Kcal (1382 kJ)
Calories from fat 289.6 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.18g 50%
Cholesterol 85.41mg 28%
Sodium 23.82mg 1%
Potassium 28.56mg 1%
Total Carbs 10.16g 3%
Sugars 9.95g 40%
Protein 1.67g 3%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Calcium 10.8mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 502.33 Kcal (2103 kJ)
Calories from fat 440.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 48.98g 50%
Cholesterol 130mg 28%
Sodium 36.26mg 1%
Potassium 43.47mg 1%
Total Carbs 15.46g 3%
Sugars 15.15g 40%
Protein 2.54g 3%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 13%
Calcium 16.5mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.3
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

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