

This buttercream recipe is for medium consistency, which is excellent for piping decorations like rosettes and dots. If you’d like to see this recipe in action, watch the video below! The key for both adjustments is adding small amounts until you achieve the right consistency. If frosting is too wet, add 1 tablespoon at a time. If frosting looks dry, add small amounts of liquid (¼ to ½ teaspoon at a time).


Butter and flavors are added afterwards, resulting in a soft and fluffy frosting. Swiss meringue buttercream is made by heating egg whites and sugar, then whipping that mixture into a meringue. It’s softer and more spreadable than most frostings, but can easily be stiffened to pipe flowers, roses and borders. It’s a familiar favorite and is quick and easy to make, well-loved for its flavor and versatility. American ButtercreamĪrguably the most popular of the buttercream recipes, American buttercream is made with butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla. We’ve intensified the chocolate flavor using dark cocoa powder or some melted unsweetened chocolate squares to make this decadent dark chocolate frosting really pop! This recipe is an amazing way to finish your layered cake or peanut butter cupcakes. I'm not impressed, and won't be using them again.Looking to try a new variation on an old favorite? There are so many types of buttercream frosting out there, each with its own set of unique flavors and uses. Similarly, the 'speak to an agent' link on their website doesn't work either, so it seems they want to make it pretty much impossible for anyone to contact them. This dispatch email also includes a telephone number to contact them, but when you call it says the number is no longer in use. This email provides a link to their delivery page which states the cutoff for Monday delivery is 9pm on Friday - so why the hell do they have the big countdown banner advertising a much later cutoff? So I wait in all day expecting delivery today, then receive an email at around 3pm this afternoon stating they have just dispatched the order.

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