10 easy vanilla buttercream frosting Recipes

sugar (icing), unsalted butter, at room temperature, salt, vanilla

butter, room temperature, sugar, eggs, sour cream (low fat or full ), vanilla extract, all purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, water, boiling, vanilla cream filling, all purpose flour, milk (low fat is fine ), butter (or trans fat-free shortening), granulated sugar, scraped vanilla bean or 1 tsp vanilla extract, whisk together the flour and milk and cook in a small saucepan over medium heat until thick. this will only take a few minutes. sir continuously to prevent the mixture from clumping and do not bring all the way to a boil. when thickened (consistency will be that of a thin pudding or custard), strain with a mesh strainer into a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool completely to room temperature., when the milk mixture is cool , cream the butter (or shortening) and sugar together in a medium bowl until light. add in the milk/flour mixture and the scraped vanilla bean seeds (or vanilla extract) and beat at high speed with an electric mixer for 7 minutes, until light and fluffy. scrape into a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip, or a large ziplock bag with the corner cut off, and set aside until ready to fill your cupcakes., chocolate buttercream frosting, butter, room temperature, unsweetened cocoa powder, powdered sugar, milk, vanilla extract, combine all ingredients in a large bowl and beat, with an electric mixer, until frosting is creamy, 3-5 minutes. add additional powdered sugar as needed to achieve a thick, but not stiff, frosting that is easy to spread. add additional milk, if necessary, to thin the frosting if it gets too thick.

salted butter, softened (2 sticks), powdered sugar, vanilla, milk (any type except fat-free), corn syrup (i used light), unsweetened cocoa powder (for chocolate frosting) (optional)

unsalted butter, softened, orange zest, grated, sugar (5 oz), table salt, orange juice, vanilla extract, heavy cream

salted butter (it helps set- add a shake of table salt if using unsalted), sugar , must be beaten in gradually, strawberry-flavor nestle nesquik powder, low-fat milk (any kind is fine but i normally keep 2% around), vanilla extract