Old Fashioned Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

Old Fashioned Vanilla Buttercream Frosting

  Ready in : 5 mins
  Preparation time : 5 mins

Old Fashioned Vanilla Buttercream Frosting is a frosting that serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 512 calories, 0g of protein, and 24g of fat per serving. For 53 cents per serving, this recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 1429 people were impressed by this recipe. If you have confectioners sugar, butter, vanilla, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is brought to you by Pink When. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 5 minutes. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 9%. This score is improvable. Similar recipes include Vanilla Birthday Cake With Old-fashioned Vanilla Buttercream, Vanilla Buttercream Frosting & Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting, and Mini Vanilla Bean Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.

Ingredients

solid vegetable shortening

solid vegetable shortening

0.5 cup

butter

butter

0.5 cup

vanilla

vanilla

1.5 tsp

confectioners sugar

confectioners sugar

5 cups

milk

milk

3 Tbsp

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Buttercream Icing Recipe

    icing

    icing

  2. 2
    In a large mixing bowl cream butter and shortening with electric mixer.

    shortening

    shortening

    butter

    butter

    cream

    cream

    hand mixer
    hand mixer
    mixing bowl
    mixing bowl
  3. 3
    Add vanilla.

    vanilla

    vanilla

  4. 4
    Gradually add in sifted confectioners sugar, one cup at a time beating on medium speed.

    powdered sugar

    powdered sugar

  5. 5
    Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all of the sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry.

    icing

    icing

    sugar

    sugar

    bowl
    bowl
  6. 6
    Add milk and beat at medium speed for 3 minutes.

    milk

    milk

  7. 7
    Keep icing covered with a damp cloth until ready to decorate. For best results, keep icing bowl in refrigerator when not using.

    icing

    icing

    bowl
    bowl
  8. 8
    Icing can be stored in an air tight container for up to a week. Just re-whip it in your mixer before using. Makes 3 1/2 cups.

    icing

    icing

    blender
    blender