How to make perfect buttercream frosting

Smooth buttercream frosting that can be used to fill and cover your cakes or pipe onto cupcakes

This American buttercream recipe only uses five ingredients! It's so delicious and easy to make, you'll never buy frosting again!!

This easy homemade American buttercream frosting recipe is the best ever! It's velvety smooth, full of creamy, buttery flavor, and perfect for decorating cakes, frosting cupcakes, filling sandwich cookies, and so much more! This post is packed with tips and recipe variations to help you create your perfect buttercream frosting.

Yep, you CAN make fluffy and silky smooth frosting without powdered sugar. This frosting made with regular sugar is not a sad substitute for the classic buttercream frosting. It’s actually an old-fashioned technique, called Ermine frosting or boiled milk frosting! It’s truly perfect and NOT too sweet - you can use it to frost any cakes and cupcakes. It can be piped, spread, and dyed easily!

This easy vanilla frosting is the best buttercream recipe! Make light and fluffy vanilla frosting, ideal for decorating cakes and cupcakes.

We’ve created a guide of cake frosting types to help you understand their differences and find the best one for your culinary creations!

Perfect Piping Buttercream is the absolute best recipe for frosting cakes and cookies with a great consistency just right for piping your beautiful designs. This luscious buttercream frosting is light and airy with added flavor from vanilla and almond extract.

This Chocolate buttercream frosting tastes just like the amazing chocolate frosting you get from a bakery. This is an easy chocolate buttercream recipe that you can make at home.

This easy coffee buttercream frosting tastes just like coffee ice cream and uses only 5 ingredients, and can be made in less than 15 minutes!

This twist on American buttercream frosting stands up to a warm day, is perfect for piping and it's not too overly sweet. It the perfect buttercream for summer!