Mom's Luscious Buttercream Frosting

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Mom's Luscious Buttercream Frosting

Mom's buttercream frosting is luscious and scrumptious, this is the BEST frosting for your cupcakes and cakes!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Buttercream, Frosting

Cook Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 467kcal

Author Ang Paris

Cost $10

Equipment

electric mixer

Ingredients

1 ¼ sticks butter
8 cups confectioners sugar
8 oz cream cheese
¼ cup milk scant!
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoon almond extract

Instructions

Let the butter and cream cheese come up to room temperature before starting. While you wait, sift the confectioner’s sugar to get rid of any lumps.
Once the butter and cream cheese is at room temperature and soft, beat it in the mixer on high until smooth and creamy.
Add in the vanilla and almond extracts, taking care to measure it perfectly… the almond extract is the “secret ingredient,” but too much will is overpowering.
Reduce the speed of your mixer, and add the confectioner’s sugar a cup or so at a time. You’ll want to add the milk about half way through. Continue mixing (you can increase the speed a touch) until the ingredients all come together and the frosting looks thick, but not stiff, and creamy but not runny.
Be sure to do the finger test… you know, where you swipe a (clean) finger in the bowl to test it out… I mean, otherwise you won’t know if it’s perfect (trust me, it will be, but taste testing is the best part!)

Notes

This is my go-to recipe for frosting every time now – it’s lightly sweet and wonderfully creamy, and the flavor of the almond and vanilla extracts is just divine. This frosting can elevate any box mix cupcake to a delectable treat – and the best part is that everyone will be raving about the frosting, so you don’t have to worry that the cake isn’t homemade!

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