American Buttercream

10 mins

3-4 cups

What you are creating

American buttercream, also known as decorator's frosting, this buttercream calls for very few ingredients and steps. It is primarily used for decorated cakes because of its bright white color and a consistency that is easy to use. A light and easy to handle buttercream frosting that is perfect for your decorated cakes.

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Ingredients

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A note about ingredients used in our recipes:

When creating our recipes we use the following unless otherwise noted in the recipe:

Eggs = Large Eggs
All Purpose Flour = Unbleached All Purpose King Arthur Flour or Unbleached All Purpose King Arthur Flour Organic
Bread Flour = Unbleached King Arthur Bread Flour or Unbleached King Arthur Bread Flour Organic
Whole Wheat Flour = 100% Whole Grain King Arthur Whole Wheat Flour
Pastry Flour = Bob’s Red Mill Unbleached White Fine Pastry Flour
Almond Flour = Bob’s Red Mill Super-Fine Almond Flour
Tapioca Flour = Bob’s Red Mill Tapioca Flour (Tapioca Starch)
Sour Cream = Full Fat Sour Cream
Yogurt = Full Fat Yogurt
Milk = As indicated or if Milk is just listed you may use 1%, 2% or Whole Milk
Butter = Unsalted Sweet Cream butter unless otherwise noted
Oil = Either Olive oil or Vegetable oil unless otherwise noted

Tags:

Cake, Cake Decorating, Baking, Holiday Baking, Frosting, Buttercream

Categories:

Cake Decorating, Frosting

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