A thick, yet light homemade buttercream frosting that is perfect for cakes. Learn how to make buttercream frosting for cakes!
Prep Time10 minutesminutes
Cook Time0 minutesminutes
Chilling Time2 hourshours
Servings - 2cups
Equipment
Hand mixer or stand mixer
Plastic or silicone spatula
Ingredients
1cupbuttersoftened to room temperature
4.5 to 5cupspowdered sugar
2tspvanilla extract
2Tbspheavy 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.