Basic Creamy Butter Frosting And Variations Food

EASY BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, using an electric mixer on low speed, beat together sugar, butter and salt until creamy. Increase speed to high and beat until light and fully. Add vanilla, beating until frosting is smooth.
• Spread icing on cooled cupcakes or cake with a knife or transfer to a pastry bag and pipe decoratively over cake or cupcakes.
• Makes enough for over 16 cupcakes.

BASIC BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Combine all the ingredients in large mixing bowl and mix at slow speed until smooth. If stiffer icing is needed, or if the weather is very warm, add a little extra sugar. This recipe is enough to cover and fill a 9- by 13-inch sheet cake or two 9-inch layers.

BASIC FROSTING

Steps:

• Whip all ingredients and beat until smooth.
• Add food coloring if desired.

BASIC BUTTERCREAM AND VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Using a hand whisk, whisk together the egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar in the clean bowl of a stand mixer. Place the bowl over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water. The egg white mixture will be gloppy and thick, but as the mixture begins to warm up, it will become more fluid. Continue to gently whisk the mixture until it is very hot to the touch (130°F on a candy thermometer).
• Move the bowl to the stand mixer and, using the whisk attachment, whip the whites on medium-high speed until they have tripled in volume and are thick and glossy and hold stiff peaks (like meringue), 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the mixer down to medium-low speed until the mixing bowl is just cool to the touch, 1 to 2 minutes. Kick the mixer back up to medium-high speed and add the butter one piece at a time, adding the next piece just as the previous one has been incorporated. Stop the mixer every so often to scrape down the escaping buttercream from the sides of the bowl. At some point, the buttercream will take on a curdled appearance; don't worry, this is normal. Just keep on mixing until it comes together. Once all the butter is incorporated and the frosting is fluffy and creamy, blend in the vanilla and salt until fully combined.
• Covered with plastic wrap, buttercream will last 2 days at room temperature or 7 days in the refrigerator. If refrigerated, the buttercream must be brought to room temperature before you use it. Either way, the buttercream must be rewhipped-either by hand if kept at room temperature or with a mixer if refrigerated-before you frost a cake with it.
• Raspberry Buttercream:
• Mash and strain 4 cups (10 ounces) of raspberries, fresh or frozen, through a fine mesh sieve to catch the seeds. (If using frozen berries, measure them before thawing.) Discard the seeds and set aside the puree while you follow the method for making Basic Buttercream. Add the berry puree at the end of the recipe, with the vanilla and the salt.

BASIC CREAM FILLINGS WITH VARIATIONS

Steps:

• Mix flour, sugar, and salt. Add the scalded milk.
• Cook over oduble boiler until thick.
• About 15 minutes.
• Add the butter.
• Pour this mixture over the egg yolks and stir again.
• Cool.
• Last, add the vanilla.
• Please use the previous recipe for Cream Filling to fulfill for the following recipes: CHOCOLATE FILLING: Following directions for the cream filling; add 2 ounces of baker's unsweetened chocolate to the scalded milk.
• INCREASE the sugar to 1 cup.
• COCONUT CREAM FILLING Following directions for the cream filling, add 1 cup of shredded coconut. COFFEE FILLING Following directions for the cream filling, add 1/4 cup of instant coffee BEFORE scalding the milk.
• DATE CREAM FILLING Following directions for the cream filling, add 1/4 pound of chopped dates and 1 tsp grated lemon rind to milk before it is added to the cream filling recipe.

BUTTER CREAM ICING (BUTTERCREAM FROSTING)

Steps:

• Cream butter and then add vanilla and optional salt. (To cut the sweetness I usually sprinkle some salt in the vanilla, so it will dissolve.).
• Add sugar a cup at a time beating on medium speed. Add milk 1 Tbls. at a time and beat on high until completely blended and desired consistency.

CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Cream butter and peanut butter together.
• Add half the powdered sugar and blend.
• Blend in milk and vanilla.
• Add remaining powdered sugar.
• Stir until smooth and well blended.