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Almond Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Get this four-ingredient, super simple recipe for almond buttercream frosting. Ready in 5 minutes! Easy to halve, double or triple, just make sure you have soft butter!
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 218 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk or more, as needed
Instructions
- In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, add butter, powdered sugar and almond extract.
- Using the paddle attachment (or electric hand mixer), start to combine those ingredients.
- With the mixer on, slowly stream in your milk tablespoon by tablespoon until it starts to come together and look creamy.
- If it hasn’t come together, add another tablespoon, mix and wait it out. After about 2 or 3 tablespoons, your frosting should be thick enough to hold its shape, but light enough to have a butter knife or rubber scraper run through it with ease.
- Once you reach this point, the buttercream is ready to use as desired.
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Notes
- One frosting recipe will frost:
- 1 2-layer 8-inch cake OR
- 1 9x13 cake OR
- 12 cupcakes using a piping bag OR
- 24 cupcakes using a butter knife
Nutrition Information
Calories
218kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
38g
(13%)
Protein
0.2g
(0%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
21mg
(7%)
Sodium
63mg
(3%)
Potassium
8mg
(0%)
Sugar
37g
(74%)
Vitamin A
240IU
(5%)
Calcium
6mg
(1%)
Iron
0.03mg
(0%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 218
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 218kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 38g | 13% |
| Protein | 0.2g | 0% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 21mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 63mg | 3% |
| Potassium | 8mg | 0% |
| Sugar | 37g | 74% |
| Vitamin A | 240IU | 5% |
| Calcium | 6mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.03mg | 0% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.