Peanut Butter Frosting
Peanut butter frosting is a necessary recipe for every home baker. It's the creamiest and fluffiest peanut butter frosting you'll ever eat! It's a buttercream recipe that's heavy on the peanut butter flavor and it's absolutely perfect for your next chocolate cake. Reese's peanut butter cup cake, anyone?
Ingredients
- 2 cupscreamy peanut butter
- 1 cupplus 2 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 cupsconfectioners' sugar
- 1 ½ tsppure vanilla extract
- ¾ tspkosher salt
- ½ cupheavy cream or heavy whipping cream
Directions
- 1
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, place the peanut butter and butter. Sift the sugar into the bowl. Add the vanilla extract and salt.
- 2
Starting on low and gradually increasing (to prevent the sugar from covering your kitchen) the speed to medium-high, beat the ingredients until light and fluffy, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the heavy whipping cream until it is fully incorporated, about 30 seconds.