Vanilla and Almond Frosting

Bev's Note:

You can use the base of this recipe to make almond and/or vanilla buttercream frosting. The vanilla works wonderfully with most any cake flavor. The almond is highly recommended with a chocolate or devil's food cake. Note that the entire recipe makes 7 1/2 cups of frosting. I discovered this recipe in Bon Appetit, 2004.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 7.5 cups

Base frosting

• 3 cups unsalted butter , room temperature
• 10 ½ cups powdered sugar (2 1/2 to 2 3/4 pounds)
• 3 tablespoons whipping cream
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Vanilla frosting

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Almond frosting

• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 6 drops yellow food coloring

Directions:

1. For base frosting:.
2. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
3. Gradually beat in sugar, then cream and vanilla.
4. If making both frostings: Divide between 2 bowls.
5. For vanilla frosting:.
6. Mix 1 teaspoon vanilla into 1 bowl of base frosting.
7. For almond frosting:.
8. Mix almond extract into second bowl of base frosting. Mix in yellow food coloring, 1 drop at a time, until desired shade is reached.

Reviews

[Mab57]

I cut this recipe by sixths and it turned out wonderfully well! It is by far my favorite frosting recipe and is now in my "go to" file. My husband and son loved it. I am so, so thankful that I didn't settle for canned. Thanks, Bev, for an easy, fabulous frosting recipe.

[Lainey6605]

I made this for a vanilla cake that I made for my DH's birthday. I used the almond flavoring because it's his favorite and the icing was outstanding. He raved about it and he's not an "icing" lover, but he told me to definitely keep this recipe! Thanks for a great recipe, Bev!