Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing

Quick and Almost-Professional Buttercream Icing

from allrecipes.com
Dessert
10 min
228 kcal / serving

Our favorite buttercream frosting recipe is creamy and fluffy, can be tinted for any occasion, and is perfect for piping and decorating.

Ingredients

  • ½ cupunsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 2 cupsconfectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 1 ½ teaspoonspure vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoonsmilk
  • 3 dropsfood coloring, or as needed

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather the ingredients.

  2. 2

    Cream butter in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment until smooth and fluffy.

  3. 3

    Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until fully incorporated.

  4. 4

    Beat in vanilla extract.

  5. 5

    Add milk and beat for an additional 3 to 4 minutes.

  6. 6

    Add food coloring, if using, and beat for thirty seconds until smooth or until desired color is reached.

  7. 7

    Use immediately or store buttercream in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days.