Back to Recipe

White Buttercream Icing (Perfect For Piping)

Here's how you make White Buttercream Icing (Perfect For Piping)
Pause Continue Reading
  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 6-7m
  • Cook: 0m
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 cups confectioners'sugar
  • 1 cup butter (use salted butter at room temperature and DO NOT USE MARGARINE!)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons whipping cream (or as you need)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Cream together the sugar with butter on low speed until well blended. Increase speed to medium and beat for another 2-3 minutes. Add vanilla and cream and continue to beat on medium speed for 1 minute more, adding more cream if needed for desired spreading/piping consistency.

  • Step 2: Scoop into a piping bag and pipe onto cupcakes in desired designs or spread onto a cooled cake.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

This page is built for your convenience in the kitchen.

If you want helpful tools, tips and recipes from our community of real cooks, please consider signing up.

Oh... And one more thing... We also have some pretty wild forums.