Italian Buttercream Icing Recipe

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Italian Buttercream Icing
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 1/4 cups white sugar
  • 1 1/2 lbs unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Separate egg whites from yolks. Whip egg whites until stiff.
  2. Bring sugar and water to a boil. Occasionally use a pastry brush and cold water to brush down any crystals that form on the side of the pan. Boil for seven minutes over medium heat.
  3. Pour sugar mixture slowly into egg whites. Beat until bowl is cool to the touch - ten minutes or so. (You might want to place this bowl in another bowl with a little cold water in it to speed the cooling process a bit.).
  4. Cut butter into 1 pieces, and add them slowly to the sugar/eggwhite mixture. The mixture gets more soupy as you add the butter, but this is OK.
  5. Add vanilla when butter is mixed in well.
  6. Beat until light and fluffy. It may look a little curdled, but keep beating, and it will become smooth.
  7. This icing can be refrigerated for weeks, or even frozen for months. To get it back to be nice and creamy after being in the fridge or freezer, just mix it again, and it will return to its' creamy texture.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1024.28 Kcal (4288 kJ)
Calories from fat 826.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 91.83g 141%
Cholesterol 243.76mg 81%
Sodium 123.39mg 5%
Potassium 136.73mg 3%
Total Carbs 45.75g 15%
Sugars 44.85g 179%
Protein 8.39g 17%
Vitamin A 1.1mg 38%
Calcium 34.3mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 418.37 Kcal (1752 kJ)
Calories from fat 337.59 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.51g 141%
Cholesterol 99.56mg 81%
Sodium 50.4mg 5%
Potassium 55.85mg 3%
Total Carbs 18.69g 15%
Sugars 18.32g 179%
Protein 3.43g 17%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 38%
Calcium 14mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 28.1
    Points
  • 29
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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