White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Kittencalskitchen's Note:

This is one of my all time favorite frostings!

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 3.5 cups

• 1 cup butter , softened (no subs)
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 6 ounces white chocolate or 6 ounces white baking bar , melted and cooled
• 3 -5 tablespoons whipping cream or 3 -5 tablespoons half-and-half

Directions:

1. In a large bowl, beat the butter and confectioners sugar at low speed until fluffy.
2. Add in melted and cooled white chocolate and whipping cream (start with 3 tablespoons and add in more to achieve desired consistency).
3. Beat on high speed for 3-4 minutes, scraping the bowl with a spatula.

Reviews

[chefyl]

It took a while to hit the first fluffy stage (After 5 minutes I turned my beater up to a medium speed and had to give it 5 minutes more)--but when all was added and mixed, I ended up with a super-airy, creamy, sweet frosting that went perfectly atop a blue velvet cake. Yum!

[cook5]

this is good second time i made it, i did add extra powdered sugar to thicken, just added 1 tbs cream but to the previous comment about too sweet, you really need beat this, stand mixer with whip attachment works great, it incorporates the sugar not as sweet

[Bethybeth]

The texture of this buttercream is silky smooth, and the recipe works well. The only problem was that the white chocolate made this frosting almost unbearably sweet, so I ended up using only a very thin layer on my cupcakes. I also tried substituting Girardelli milk chocolate in this recipe. It turned out wonderfully, and the level of sweetness was much better than with the white chocolate.