Buttercream Cake Frosting recipe

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Ingredients

¾ cup butter
6 cups confectioners' sugar
⅓ cup milk
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons milk
7 drops red food coloring

Nutrition Info

273.1 calories
carbohydrate: 48.2 g
cholesterol: 25 mg
fat: 9.4 g
fiber: : -
protein: 0.3 g
saturatedFat: 5.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 107.7 mg
sugar: 47.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Beat butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add 3 cups of the sifted confectioners' sugar, beating well. Slowly beat in the vanilla, salt, and 1/3 cup of the milk. Gradually beat in the 3 remaining cups of confectioner's sugar. Beat in additional milk (1 to 2 tablespoons) if needed, to make frosting of spreading consistency. If desired tint the frosting pink with 6 to 8 drops of red food coloring.

Recipe Yield

4 cups

Recipe Note

A touch of red food coloring gives this buttercream frosting recipe a lovely pink hue.

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