How to Make Buttercream Filling

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Place the butter in a mixing bowl and beat it until it is smooth and fluffy.. Add in half of the confectioners/icing sugar.. Add the rest of the sugar, milk and vanilla.

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Place the butter in a mixing bowl and beat it until it is smooth and fluffy.

Step 1

Place the butter in a mixing bowl and beat it until it is smooth and fluffy.

2

Add in half of the confectioners/icing sugar.

Step 2

Add in half of the confectioners/icing sugar.

3

Add the rest of the sugar, milk and vanilla.

Step 3

Add the rest of the sugar, milk and vanilla.

4

Beat the ingredients together until smooth.

Step 4

Beat the ingredients together until smooth.

5

Check the texture and adjust it, if needed.

Step 5

Check the texture and adjust it, if needed.

6

Place the butter into a bowl, and beat it until it is smooth and fluffy.

Step 6

Place the butter into a bowl, and beat it until it is smooth and fluffy.

7

Mix half of the confectioners/icing sugar into the butter.

Step 7

Mix half of the confectioners/icing sugar into the butter.

8

Mix in the rest of the sugar, milk, and cocoa powder.

Step 8

Mix in the rest of the sugar, milk, and cocoa powder.

9

Consider mixing in some extra flavor.

Step 9

Consider mixing in some extra flavor.

10

Check the texture and adjust it to your liking.

Step 10

Check the texture and adjust it to your liking.

11

Consider adding in some extra flavor to your finished basic buttercream.

Step 11

Consider adding in some extra flavor to your finished basic buttercream.

12

Make a coffee flavored buttercream for walnut or chocolate-based cakes.

Step 12

Make a coffee flavored buttercream for walnut or chocolate-based cakes.

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Make lemon flavored buttercream for white cakes.

Step 13

Make lemon flavored buttercream for white cakes.

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Try an orange flavored buttercream.

Step 14

Try an orange flavored buttercream.

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Make a raspberry or strawberry flavored buttercream.

Step 15

Make a raspberry or strawberry flavored buttercream.

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Make sure that your pastries are cool before you start to fill them.

Step 16

Make sure that your pastries are cool before you start to fill them.

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Use a butter knife or palette knife to spread buttercream on the base layer of a

Step 17

Use a butter knife or palette knife to spread buttercream on the base layer of a cake.

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Add some sliced strawberries along with the buttercream between the cake layers.

Step 18

Add some sliced strawberries along with the buttercream between the cake layers.

19

Perhaps spreading some jams over the buttercream before you put the top cake lay

Step 19

Perhaps spreading some jams over the buttercream before you put the top cake layer on.

20

Use a spoon to hollow out a cupcake before filling it with buttercream.

Step 20

Use a spoon to hollow out a cupcake before filling it with buttercream.

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Use a piping bag to fill homemade Twinkies.

Step 21

Use a piping bag to fill homemade Twinkies.

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Use a paring knife and a piping bag to fill cream puffs.

Step 22

Use a paring knife and a piping bag to fill cream puffs.

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