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prep: 10 mins
total: 10 mins
Yield: Makes 6 cups (enough to frost one 8-inch layer cake)
Basic Buttercream
Ingredients
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6 sticks unsalted butter, softened
9 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
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Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary
prep: 10 mins
total: 10 mins
Yield: Makes 6 cups (enough to frost one 8-inch layer cake)
Basic Buttercream
Gallery
Read the full recipe after the video.
Read the full recipe after the video.
Recipe Summary
prep: 10 mins
total: 10 mins
Yield: Makes 6 cups (enough to frost one 8-inch layer cake)
Recipe Summary
prep: 10 mins
total: 10 mins
Yield: Makes 6 cups (enough to frost one 8-inch layer cake)
prep: 10 mins
total: 10 mins
prep:
10 mins
total:
Yield: Makes 6 cups (enough to frost one 8-inch layer cake)
Makes 6 cups (enough to frost one 8-inch layer cake)
Basic Buttercream
Basic Buttercream
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 6 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 9 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Directions
Beat butter and 3 cups sugar with a mixer on medium speed until combined. Reduce speed to medium-low, and continue to beat, gradually adding remaining 6 cups sugar, 1 cup at a time. Raise speed to medium-high; add vanilla. Beat until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes more.
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554 Ratings
5 star values:
115
4 star values:
146
3 star values:
176
2 star values:
94
1 star values:
23
Add Rating & Review
554 Ratings
5 star values:
115
4 star values:
146
3 star values:
176
2 star values:
94
1 star values:
23
554 Ratings
5 star values:
115
4 star values:
146
3 star values:
176
2 star values:
94
1 star values:
23
554 Ratings
5 star values:
115
4 star values:
146
3 star values:
176
2 star values:
94
1 star values:
23
- 5 star values:
- 115
- 4 star values:
- 146
- 3 star values:
- 176
- 2 star values:
- 94
- 1 star values:
- 23
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 3 stars
02/24/2014
Was incredibly sweet, my children didnt even want to eat the frosting. Sets up pretty hard in the fridge too. Will try with a salted butter and less sugar see if can make it more palatable.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/15/2013
This recipe does appear to be far too sweet and also an excessive amount. I have a recipe that is similar and it won a first place in the Oregon State Fair one year. Not my recipe.
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 Cup (1 cube) Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 egg but you can use Egg Replacement equivalent of 1 egg
Beat all till fluffy.
Makes plenty to frost one cake
If you want chocolate frosting then add 3 ounces of bakers chocolate melted. Add while mixer is moving slowly.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
07/07/2013
I tried this recipe for a 9x13 cake and it actually frosted the whole cake. It's overwhelmly sweet and it does get hard when you refrigerate.. Must be taken out at least 15-20 minutes before cutting and serving.. Used on a yellow cake recipe and almond custard filling and all together great taste if we could avoid so much of the sugar. Lesson learn.. next time I will use a more less sugary flavor.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2013
Can i leave this frosting outside? because i tried to refrigerate it in a bowl and it became hard , so i waited until its softened again to put it on a cake,
thanks for your help i really appreciate it
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
02/10/2013
I used 5 Cups of Confectioners Sugar instead of 9, and used 4 sticks of Butter instead of 6, and way more Vanilla, great recipe :)
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/24/2011
Good basic frosting, a big improvement over canned frosting for little effort. Cut the amounts in half because as written it makes enough for 2 cakes, not one. I mxed it with the chocolate frosting recipe in the same article and it was wonderful.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
12/17/2010
When used for sugar cookies, this was the perfect frosting. Also, this is one of only two recipes Martha has done for buttercream that does not contain egg whites. Great for pregnant/nursing moms-and children.
I've used this recipe on cakes, and often hear they are the best cakes the recipient ever tasted. I do know one thing, this is way better than the canned
junk! Especially because there are no trans fats in butter(have you read those labels?Ew!) thanks Martha!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/15/2010
Waay to sweet. The cake was inedible once frosted. Even my kids didn't want to eat it. It mixed up nicely and frosted very smoothly, but even though I only used 1/2 of the recipe, the sweetness was overwhelming.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
11/05/2010
I made this recipe to frost Martha's Marble Cake. I was able to frost a two-layer 9" cake AND a two-layer 6" cake and still had about a cup left over!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
10/24/2010
I used this on Martha's recipe for white cake with lemon curd, and ti was an awesome cake for my daughter's first birthday. I received lots of compliments on it! Also, I used a butter/margarine/shortening combination instead of all butter.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 3 stars
02/24/2014
Was incredibly sweet, my children didnt even want to eat the frosting. Sets up pretty hard in the fridge too. Will try with a salted butter and less sugar see if can make it more palatable.
Rating: 3 stars
Rating: Unrated
10/15/2013
This recipe does appear to be far too sweet and also an excessive amount. I have a recipe that is similar and it won a first place in the Oregon State Fair one year. Not my recipe.
3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 Cup (1 cube) Butter
1 Teaspoon Vanilla
1 egg but you can use Egg Replacement equivalent of 1 egg
Beat all till fluffy.
Makes plenty to frost one cake
If you want chocolate frosting then add 3 ounces of bakers chocolate melted. Add while mixer is moving slowly.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
07/07/2013
I tried this recipe for a 9x13 cake and it actually frosted the whole cake. It's overwhelmly sweet and it does get hard when you refrigerate.. Must be taken out at least 15-20 minutes before cutting and serving.. Used on a yellow cake recipe and almond custard filling and all together great taste if we could avoid so much of the sugar. Lesson learn.. next time I will use a more less sugary flavor.
Rating: Unrated
04/07/2013
Can i leave this frosting outside? because i tried to refrigerate it in a bowl and it became hard , so i waited until its softened again to put it on a cake,
thanks for your help i really appreciate it
Rating: Unrated
02/10/2013
I used 5 Cups of Confectioners Sugar instead of 9, and used 4 sticks of Butter instead of 6, and way more Vanilla, great recipe :)
Rating: Unrated
12/24/2011
Good basic frosting, a big improvement over canned frosting for little effort. Cut the amounts in half because as written it makes enough for 2 cakes, not one. I mxed it with the chocolate frosting recipe in the same article and it was wonderful.
Rating: Unrated
12/17/2010
When used for sugar cookies, this was the perfect frosting. Also, this is one of only two recipes Martha has done for buttercream that does not contain egg whites. Great for pregnant/nursing moms-and children.
I've used this recipe on cakes, and often hear they are the best cakes the recipient ever tasted. I do know one thing, this is way better than the canned
junk! Especially because there are no trans fats in butter(have you read those labels?Ew!) thanks Martha!
Rating: Unrated
11/15/2010
Waay to sweet. The cake was inedible once frosted. Even my kids didn't want to eat it. It mixed up nicely and frosted very smoothly, but even though I only used 1/2 of the recipe, the sweetness was overwhelming.
Rating: Unrated
11/05/2010
I made this recipe to frost Martha's Marble Cake. I was able to frost a two-layer 9" cake AND a two-layer 6" cake and still had about a cup left over!
Rating: Unrated
10/24/2010
I used this on Martha's recipe for white cake with lemon curd, and ti was an awesome cake for my daughter's first birthday. I received lots of compliments on it! Also, I used a butter/margarine/shortening combination instead of all butter.
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