| Description: | American Buttercream is super easy to make. We developed this recipe to make your buttercream less sweet, more smooth and easier to pipe into you Frost Form. |
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Ingredients:
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Softened Butter ( Can be salted or unsalted. Must be Real Block Butter. Do not use a margarine or shortening etc as it will not set correctly. It is possible to use some plant based butter substitutes ) |
| Icing Sugar/Confectioners Sugar/Powdered Sugar (The more fine the better, you can also sift it to make sure there are no lumps of sugar) | |
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Method:
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1. Place your butter into a stand mixer with a paddle attachment and mix on high till smooth. If you want a whiter buttercream, beat your butter for 10 or even 15 minutes to make it super pale. |
| 2. Add your icing sugar and give it a quick mix by hand to begin to incorporate and to help prevent your icing sugar going everywhere. | |
| 3. Mix on Low/Medium to fully combine for 5-15 minutes. | |
| 4. Transfer your buttercream to a heatproof bowl and microwave till the consistency is like a thick custard and falls off a Spatula easily. | |
| 5. Colour using a gel paste or powder based products only. Do not use oil colouring as this can affect your buttercream from setting correctly. Flavour to taste. Then fill a large 18-20" piping bag with your buttercream and pipe it in. | |
| Storage: | Store in your Fridge for up to a week or freeze for 1-2 months. To reuse bring it back to room temp and mix in your stand mixer for approx 10-15 mins and heat it up in the microwave to use in you Frost Form |
| Sizing Guide: | This recipe is enough to fill a Frost Form with a cake inside up to a 7" High Cake. If you want a different height then divide the ingredients by 7 and multiply by the height you want. For example if your cake is 5" high you would divide the ingredients by 7 and multiply by 5. |
6 comments
What is the amount of each ingredient to be used?
I saw you have a chocolate ganache with butter icing. Does this harden like chocolate? Does it have a butter taste?
What are the measurements for all the ingredients?
You are the best, baking made fun
Thank you