Basic Butter Frosting Five Ways
Basic Butter Frosting Five Ways | Add different ingredients to this basic frosting recipe and create new flavors. Make my Vanilla Cupcakes and change up the flavor just by adding one of these creamy delicious frosting’s. Perfect for birthday parties, summer parties, baby showers, bridal showers or any celebration!
I’ll show you how easy it is to take a basic butter frosting recipe and turn it into Citrus Butter Frosting, Chocolate Butter Frosting, Coffee Butter Frosting and Peppermint Butter Frosting. If you lost count that’s FIVE different frosting recipes including the Basic Butter Frosting! So…..let’s get started!
Basic Butter Frosting Five Ways
Yield:
Each Recipe Makes 4 1/2 Cups
Ingredients
For the Butter Cream Frosting:
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 (2 pound) bag confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Peppermint Butter Frosting:
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
For the Coffee Butter Frosting:
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
For the Citrus Butter Frosting:
- 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded orange or lemon peel
- 1 teaspoon of orange or lemon extract
For the Chocolate Butter Frosting:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
Instructions
For the Butter Frosting:
- In a large mixing bowl beat the butter until smooth.
- Gradually add 2 cups confectioners' sugar, beating well.
- Slowly beat in the milk and vanilla extract.
- Add the remaining confectioners' sugar and beat until smooth.
- If needed add additional milk to reach spreading or piping consistency.
For the Peppermint Butter Frosting:
- Substitute peppermint extract for half of the vanilla and tint the frosting pink with red coloring.
For the Coffee Butter Frosting:
- Add the espresso powder to the confectioners' sugar.
For the Citrus Butter Frosting:
- Add lemon or orange peel to the butter mixture; substitute 1 teaspoon of orange or lemon extract for 1 teaspoon of the vanilla extract.
For the Chocolate Butter Frosting:
- Substitute 1/2 cocoa powder for 1/2 confectioners' sugar.
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I’ve been baking bars and cookies. This time i want to try cakes and other baked goods with frosting. Tutorial such as this i think would help me a lot in whipping good frosting and icing in cakes. Thank you! Looking forward to receivings tips and recipes.
Good Luck Cheri!
Thank you so much for sharing
You’re Welcome Abegail!