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Basic Buttercream Frosting


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Cuisine: Dessert Snack

This frosting can be left white or tinted with food coloring. To make orange frosting, use 1 to 2 drops red and 2 to 3 drops yellow coloring. -- Deborah Geering, for the Journal-Constitution

Hands on time: 5 minutes  Total time: 5 minutes  Serves: Makes 12 lavishly frosted or 24 moderately frosted cupcakes

Ingredients:

    1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature
    1 pound (4 cups) confectioners’ sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 to 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions:

In a mixing bowl, beat the butter until creamy. Gradually add the confectioners’ sugar, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon milk. If the frosting is too thick to spread easily, beat in an additional tablespoon milk.

Nutrition:

Per serving (based on 12): 284 calories (percent of calories from fat, 48), trace protein, 38 grams carbohydrates, no fiber, 15 grams fat (10 grams saturated), 41 milligrams cholesterol, 157 milligrams sodium.

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