Buttercream Frosting
Materials
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
- 4 TBSP milk or heavy cream
Instructions
- Beat the room-temperature butter in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or with an electric mixer by hand. Beat on medium speed until light and a fluffy consistency.
- Slowly add in powdered sugar and beat as your adding.
- Beat until it is fully mixed in.
- Add in vanilla and milk or heavy cream beating for 1-2 minutes until smooth. If it's too thick, add a splash of heavy cream or milk until you reach the right consistency that you want.
- Divide cups of frosting into separate bowls and add in different colors of food coloring if desired. There are different brands of natural food coloring but I like to use the Watkins brand. They are dye free and colored using nature. Sometimes I will also use different foods like beet root powder for red, dehydrated spinach or kale blended into a powder for green, and turmeric for yellow. Get creative on how you color your frosting!
- Use the fluffy frosting to frost cooled cupcakes, cakes, or cookies.
Notes
- If you want to make this a chocolate frosting, simply add in 1/4 cup of cocoa powder with your powdered sugar and mix to combine before adding it into the beaten butter.