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Simple buttercream icing

Name: Simple buttercream icing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Makes enough for one large cake
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 300g unsalted butter, at room temperature; 200g full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature; 500g icing sugar

Published: 18 Apr 16
Updated: 18 Mar 24

A quick and easy buttercream icing recipe – made with icing sugar, butter and cream cheese – to use on cupcakes, fairy cakes or birthday cakes.

Add another classic icing to your baking repertoire, with our homemade royal icing recipe.

Easy
December 2015

Test kitchen approved

Makes enough for one large cake
Hands-on time 5 minutes

A quick and easy buttercream icing recipe – made with icing sugar, butter and cream cheese – to use on cupcakes, fairy cakes or birthday cakes.

Add another classic icing to your baking repertoire, with our homemade royal icing recipe.

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Ingredients

300g unsalted butter, at room temperature
200g full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
500g icing sugar

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Method

Put the butter and cream cheese in a mixing bowl (see tips) and beat with an electric mixer until combined and smooth.
Sift in the icing sugar in batches, beating well between each addition until smooth.

Recipe from December 2015 Issue

delicious. tips

The butter and cream cheese for the buttercream need to be at the same temperature before they’re mixed. Take them out of the fridge at the same time to warm up. If your buttercream is too soft after mixing, chill until firmer.