Buttercream Icing

I am not a big fan of cakes or icing (well, when I am eating them). But I finally found a fabulous buttercream icing recipe that I like to eat and is super easy to get right

This is from The Kitchen Magpie

How To: Make The Best Buttercream Icing

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Recipe Type: icing,

Author: Karlynn Johnston

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 1 min

Total time: 6 mins

Serves: 6

The Best Buttercream Icing ever, all because of rich cream and salted butter. You won’t find another to match the decadence of this icing.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of salted butter
• 3 teaspoons of vanilla
• 4 cups of icing sugar
• 4-5 tablespoons of coffee cream (18% and up)

Instructions

1. Trust me on this one and use salted butter in this icing.
2. Whip that butter, with a paddle beater if you have it, if not, don’t worry.
3. Add in the icing sugar. **I came back to edit this to say that fresh icing sugar makes all the difference. Icing sugar goes stale, and you can sure taste it when it does! Crack open a fresh bag for icings, you won’t be sorry!**
4. Add in the cream. Not milk, cream. I used 4 tablespoons for my preference, you adjust to what you want.
5. Stiffer icing = less cream.
6. Whippier icing = more cream. Vanilla…. I used 3 teaspoons, again, you can try a little more if you like.Then keep mixing it until fluffy and thoroughly combined

It is absolutely fabulous and you should definitely try it!

Thanks Kitchen Magpie!