Vanilla Buttercream

Vanilla Buttercream

20 min

A rich, flavorful vanilla buttercream that is so easy to whip up, but tastes like you made something special. 

Ingredients

  • 1 cupunsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3 ½ cupspowdered sugar, sifted
  • 2 tspvanilla extract
  • 2 tbspwhole milk or heavy whipping cream, room temperature
  • ¼ tspsalt, or to taste

Directions

  1. 1

    With a hand mixer or paddle attachment on your stand mixer, cream the butter on medium-high until it’s creamy and light (almost white) in color. About 7 minutes. 

  2. 2

    With the mixer on low, add the sifted powdered sugar one cup at a time, scraping down after each addition and making sure each cup is fully incorporated before adding the next one.

  3. 3

    Add vanilla, milk, and salt and mix on low for another minute until fully incorporated.