Making the famous buttercream to decorate cupcakes and cakes is easier than you think. It is a recipe that only has three ingredients and you can modify it to taste, making it more or less sweet, adding color or flavors with essences, and more!
Keep reading in this article and learn how to make buttercream for cakes, a cream to decorate different from the famous cream cheese that is made using cream cheese. Knowing the tricks of this basic pastry recipe you will be able to give life to all your cakes, biscuits and cupcakes, go ahead and cook and give it your personal touch.
Ingredients to make Buttercream for cakes:
- 750 grams of unsalted butter
- 900 grams of icing sugar
- 12 tablespoons of milk
How to make Buttercream for Cakes
- Gather all the ingredientsto start preparing our buttercream.
- Powdered sugar is nothing more than powdered common sugar, so if you can’t get it you can make it at home.
- Sift the sugar to ensure that our buttercream does not have lumps and place it in a large enough bowl. In the same bowl, add the butter at room temperature and the milk.
- Trick: You can reduce the amount of sugar if you want it to be less sweet
- Start beating at minimum speedfor 2 minutes until you see that the ingredients have been fully incorporated.
- To get the right texture for this homemade buttercream, you need to use an electric, manual or stick mixer.
- Change to maximum speed and beat everything again for 5 minutes, with enveloping movements to aerate the mixture. The buttercream should be smooth and creamy.
- This buttercream for cakesis a basic preparation that you can adapt to your liking by adding colouring, aromas or essences or even chocolate fondant.
- This homemade buttercream should be enough to decorate about 20-25 cupcakes or a red velvet cake.
