Buttercream Frosting

Total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

6 tablespoons butter; softened (if you have cream cheese, substitute 3 tablespoons cream cheese for 3 tablespoons butter)
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
3 cups confectioners sugar

Instructions

Cream butter and cream cheese until light and fluffy; do not over beat.
Add vanilla, milk, and confectioners sugar.
Beat until frosting has a smooth spreading consistency.
Recipe fills and frosts two 9-inch layers, 24 cupcakes, or a 13 x 9-inch oblong cake.

Comments

Note: If you are frosting cookies add at least 1 extra tablespoon of milk so that the frosting is very thin in spreading consistency. It will go on the cookies more like a glaze.

Use buttercream frosting to frost spice cupcakes, sugar cookies, or banana cake.

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Frostings, Fillings, Glazes