This foolproof buttercream icing recipe is great to keep up your sleeve for celebrations. With vanilla, strawberry and coffee options, this easy buttercream recipe has all your bases covered.
Makes22, 1/2 cups
Prep time5 mins5 minutes
1/2 cups
Ingredients
125g butter, softened
1 1/2 cups (240g) icing sugar mixture
1 tbs milk
Vanilla buttercream
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
Coffee buttercream
1 tbs instant coffee powder
2 tsp boiling water
Strawberry buttercream
1 tbs Coles Strawberry Topping
Pink liquid food colouring, to tint
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Method
Step 1
Use an electric mixer to beat butter in a bowl until very pale. Add the icing sugar, in batches, beating well after each addition. Add the milk and beat to combine.
Step 2
To make vanilla buttercream, add 1 tsp vanilla bean paste to the buttercream and beat until well combined.
Step 3
To make coffee buttercream, place coffee powder and boiling water in a heatproof bowl and stir until coffee powder dissolves. Add to buttercream and beat until combined.
Step 4
To make strawberry buttercream, add the strawberry topping and a little pink liquid food colouring to the buttercream and beat until well combined.
Get decorating: You’ll have enough buttercream for 12 cupcakes or a 22cm cake.
