Butter Cream Frosting I recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup butter, softened
⅛ teaspoon salt
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 egg yolk, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk

Nutrition Info

351.7 calories
carbohydrate: 60.2 g
cholesterol: 82 mg
fat: 12.7 g
fiber: : -
protein: 0.9 g
saturatedFat: 7.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 122.3 mg
sugar: 59 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Cream butter until soft. Add salt and part of sugar gradually, blending after each addition. Then add egg yolks and vanilla, blend well. Add remaining sugar, alternately with milk, until of right consistency to spread, beating after each addition until smooth. Makes 2 1/2 cups or enough frosting to cover tops and sides of two 8 or 9 inch layers.

Recipe Yield

2 - 1/2 cups

Recipe Note

This is a frosting I normally put on birthday cakes. Its like the frosting that bakeries put on cakes, but I much prefer to make my own since I know what I am putting into it, and as always, homemade is best.

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