This basic buttery frosting has unmatchable homemade taste. With a few simple variations, you can come up with different colors and flavors&mdash;from orange, lemon and mint to chocolate and peanut butter. &mdash;Diana Wilson, Denver, Colorado

Buttercream Frosting

butter, softened

confectioners' sugar

vanilla extract

milk

I am new to baking, cooking, and, all the above... This is a simple, yet, wonderfully sweet recipe. I really really enjoyed it! I usually will only eat wiped cream frosting; now this will be added to the list of edible cupcake/cake frostings. As for how I prepared this frosting I cut the recipe in half; I only used 3 cups of confections' sugar.  In addition, I only needed to use 1/3 cup milk.  Hope this helps!

This is my stand-by buttercream frosting!  I use it every time and this freezes excellent as well!  Hardly no measuring ..... half a block of butter and a bag of icing sugar (1kg) plus 2 cups awesome good and fast!

This is very sweet and makes a lot of frosting.  I made half a recipe and had plenty for a 9X13 pan.

Wonderful flavor! yes, i will keep this in my recipe file!

Perhaps I should not have been surprised how much confectioners' sugar cake frosting uses, but I was. I was pleased with the recipe, though. I used the frosting on a pumpkin-spice cake, and they complimented each other. My dad pined that it tasted too sweet, probably because he rarely likes cake. I loved the taste, though--it certainly beats any store-bought frosting. Every cake lover will adore this frosting.

The four simple ingredients used in this recipe create a delicious buttercream frosting. I did sub in almond milk for the regular milk.

You can add popcorn salt to cut down on the sweetness

This  and similar frostings are good if you don't have a stand mixer, and don't feel the need to own one, because you don't have to beat them a lot. Plus the taste is decent enough, although it is a little on the sweet side.

This is very easy to make and just delicious.

Totally yummy. I put this in between graham crackers, then in the refrigerator to make a delectable sweet treat. I substitute almond extract. Gives it that nutty flavor.

This is an easy and tasty buttercream with a nice consistency. I added a pinch of sea salt to counter some of the sweetness.

The easiest and best buttercream frosting I have used.  I added cocoa powder as directed it it turned out great.  It is not overly sweet, so it was great on my chocolate caramel brownies.

buttercream frosting

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : Taste of Home

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