Best Buttercream Frosting for Cakes
A thick, yet light homemade buttercream frosting that is perfect for cakes. Learn how to make buttercream frosting for cakes!
Servings - 2 cups
Equipment
- Hand mixer or stand mixer
- Plastic or silicone spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened to room temperature
- 4.5 to 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp heavy cream or half and half
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter with hand mixer. You could use a stand mixer with whisk attachment.
- Once the butter is creamed, mix in the powdered sugar - 1 cup at a time. After mixing in 3 cups of powdered sugar, mix in the vanilla and heavy cream/half and half.
- Continue adding the remaining powdered sugar, beating with hand mixer or whisk - until it reaches your preferred consistency.
- Use immediately to frost a chilled cake, or chill and frost the cake later. It's easiest to frost cakes with room temperature frosting, so if you do chill it - leave time for it to warm back up to frost.