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Simple Buttercream
Simple buttercream (sometimes called American buttercream, mock cream, or butter icing) is a type of icing or frosting used inside cakes, as a coating, and as decoration.
Ingredients
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- unsalted butter, 1 cup; softened200 g
- vanilla extract, 1 tsp5 ml
- powdered sugar, 4 cups; sifted450 g
- milk, 2 tbsp30 ml
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Method 3 steps
Cream together butter and vanilla using a mixer.
Beat in powdered sugar one cup at a time, scraping sides and bottom of bowl regularly. Mixture will be very dry.
When all the sugar is incorporated, add milk and beat until incorporated.
