The Best Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
This is The Best Vanilla Buttercream Frosting! It’s rich and creamy, and is super easy to whip up. It pipes beautifully, and is the perfect way to finish off all of your cakes and cupcakes!
We celebrated our daughter’s fifth birthday last week and even as I type this, I find myself still sitting here in a state of denial!
It seems like just yesterday I was sharing a tutorial on how to make her 1st birthday smash cake. But in reality, it was actually FOUR years ago!!!
When people say “the days are long but the years are short,” that is the absolute truth. I sure wish time would slow down with these babies of mine.
Our princess’s request for her birthday cake was a “pink cake with a ballerina on top.”
I was able to provide the pink frosting just fine, but after realizing my construction efforts are pretty subpar, I turned to Etsy for a ballerina cake topper. Which was GORGEOUS by the way! If you’re interested, this is the one I ordered.
As for the frosting, I made this one (and dyed it pink). This is my go-to frosting recipe, and in my opinion, is The BEST Vanilla Buttercream Frosting ever!
I’ve been making it for AGES so I’m surprised I haven’t shared it before!
I have another recipe for buttercream here on my site that I use a lot as well, but this one right here is my favorite because it doesn’t require shortening, and it’s SO SO delicious!
I add plenty of vanilla to give it really good flavor and it pipes onto cakes and cupcakes so well, and holds its shape beautifully! I think y’all are really going to love it!
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Recipe: The Best Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks),, softened
- 4.5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 4-5 Tablespoons heavy cream or whole milk
Instructions
- Beat the softened butter over medium speed with an electric mixer until soft and creamy. Continue to beat over medium speed as you gradually add the powdered sugar. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed to fully incorporate all of the sugar.
- Once butter and sugar have come together, add the vanilla. Beat in the heavy cream or milk 1 Tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. This frosting is perfect for piping, or for simply spreading onto cakes and cupcakes!
Notes
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This is good, and easy. I had to add a pinch of salt to smooth the powdered sugar “edge.” Next time I may try salted butter.
I use butter all the time…it taste super yummy just like a butter cream and the texture is perfect.
I used salted butter which gave it just enough.
Nice and Sweet. My siblings and I love this buttercream. I always make it with my macarons.
I am considering buttercream frosting for bridal shower cupcakes on display, how long will the buttercream hold without drooping. We will be in an air conditioned room.
I always refrigerate my cakes or cupcakes prior to serving. I would keep it in the fridge to store them, and they should be fine once you take them out as long as the room is nice and cool.
I made this frosting last night. I expected it to be extremely sweet and rich. I thought it turned out excellent. Very light and not overly sweet or heavy.
This buttercream is beautiful! I am 13 years old and my neighbor hired me a few months ago to make her daughter’s wedding cakes: one for the bridal shower, one for the family dinner, and one for the reception. I agreed, and she told me that they wanted a cake that looked like a birch log. This is pretty difficult, and I was a bit nervous because I’d had trouble with buttercream before. I found this recipe, though, and it might be my favorite buttercream recipe ever!
Ana G,
That’s so awesome that you did all of that!! You should be very proud of yourself!! And keep up the amazing work!!
It was okay, just too buttery.
Texture great. Too buttery for us.
It tastes so good! If you want a thicker frosting just pop it in the fridge for about 15 minutes. I love this recipe!!!!!!!
Awesome, quick easy and tastes great.
This is the best recipe! Everytime I make it people say I love your frosting… So thank you for sharing your recipe!
This was definitely easy to make. I saw other reviewers cut back o. Sugar so I used 3 cups only. It was good but still pretty sweet, so when I make again I will cut back to 2 1/2 cups.
Never tried to make frosting before, thought I could try this recipe. Was so simple and frosting was so yummy. Recipe was enough to frost my 9 x 13 cake. So easy and good tasting. Not too sweet, not too buttery.
It is a very good icing and tastes amazing, I would recommend it 100%
I made half of the batch and was able to pipe
24 cupcakes with it. It tastes amazing and I will definitely start using this recipe !
I made half of the batch and was able to frost 24 cupcakes with it. It tastes amazing and I will definitely start using this recipe !