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    Published: Aug 10, 2019 · 5 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

    How To Make White Frosting

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    Oh frosting does bring cupcakes and hey cakes also, to another level don't you think?

    Today I'm sharing with you on how to make white frosting for cupcakes (and cakes)! Many of you have been asking for this recipe so here it is.

    It's easy and the fun part is you can adjust it to your preference!

    holding a cupcake with white frosting

    White Frosting

    This is what I refer to as my dreamy white frosting. I can name it as I please, right? Haha!

    It's basically a white buttercream frosting. I keep saying white not vanilla because this particular recipe doesn't use vanilla in it.

    It's a white canvas of a frosting that you can flavour and color it to your liking.

    Add coconut, vanilla or almond extract.. flavour it as you see fit.

    I use this white frosting for my recent Rafaello almond coconut cupcakes the other day. Yum! Hey, have you seen them yet?

    Click here to see my yummy Rafaello almond coconut cupcakes recipe

    And if you like colorful frosting, then go ahead. Add in some food coloring in it.

    Versatile

    As I mentioned earlier, you can use this as the base recipe for your frosting.

    Another part that I love about this frosting is that you can adjust the thickness of the frosting according to what you're going to use it for and the temperature at your place.

    If you're planning to pipe a tall frosting on a cupcake (like I did with my Rafaello cupcakes) then make it stiffer.

    If you just want to add a dollop on top, then you can make it looser.

    If your place is super hot like mine and everything melts in 2 seconds, then make it stiffer.

    The bottom line is, make it according to your liking. What I'm sharing is the base recipe that you can easily personalise.

    And ohh when I said about adjusting the thickness, what I meant is the amount of liquid that you add into the frosting.

    In this recipe I'm simply using milk. Add bit by bit until you get your desired texture.

    Alright?

    Good.

    In Summary

    This white frosting is:

    • versatile and can easily be personalised to your taste, texture and color
    • is super easy to do, nothing super fancy or complicated
    • perfect to frost cupcakes and cakes
    • DELCIOUS!

    Before You Go

    Do check out these recipes also:

    • Lemon loaf cake with lemon syrup and glaze
    • Devil's food cake with chocolate sour cream frosting
    • Red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting
    • Clementine loaf cake with clementine caramel sauce
    • Healthy chocolate frosting

    Video

    holding a cupcake with white frosting

    How To Make White Frosting

    Many of you asked me to show how to make white frosting so here it is. Super simple and very versatile. Make it your own by personalising the taste, texture and color. This is perfect for frosting cupcakes and cakes. Simply yum!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Servings: 24 cupcakes
    Prep Time: 15 mins

    Ingredients 

    • 1 cup unsalted butter (226 g), room temperature
    • 4 cup icing sugar (480 g), sifted
    • 2-4 tablespoon milk or adjust accordingly
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    Instructions

    • Add butter into a standing mixer bowl with a paddle attachment and whisk on high for 5 minutes or until very pale.
    • Add in ½ of sugar and start mixing on a low speed first to avoid the sugar fly all over the place. Then whisk on high for 3 minutes.
    • Repeat process with the rest of the sugar.
    • Finally add in your flavouring, if using, together with milk. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time though. Whisk for 3 minutes and it's ready to use!
    • Note: scrape the sides of the bowl now and then
      This recipe is enough to pipe on 12 to 24 cupcakes depending on the amount of frosting.

    Making Sure The Frosting Is White

    • Find butter that's very pale in color, not too yellow.
    • Use flavouring that's transparent in color.
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    1. Monica says

      September 08, 2019 at 6:37 pm

      I wanna try this recipe but I only want to make it for about 12 cupcakes. Would I be able to just half the ingredients?

      Thank you.

      Reply
    2. Benlazar says

      August 14, 2019 at 11:26 am

      5 stars
      Merci pour la recette je vais la testé.
      et vous dire le résultat.

      Reply
      • Karina says

        August 14, 2019 at 11:52 am

        J'ai du lait concentré sucré à la maison je voulais savoir si je pouvais en mettre à la place du lait normal
        si oui combien de quantité.
        Merci

        Reply
        • Bea says

          August 16, 2019 at 8:32 am

          I haven't tried with condensed milk so I can't really say, sorry though!

          Reply
      • Bea says

        August 16, 2019 at 8:31 am

        Thank you Benlazar!

        Reply

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