White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

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!

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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

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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.

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AMAZING! Great basic buttercream recipe!! When I make this (of course incorporating my own special alterations, like adding raspberry curd!) I feel like a five star pastry chef. I just want to point out lovingly to everyone that it says to add the cream a little at a time so it doesn't thin too much. I followed the recipe to the T and started out using only 3 tbsp. of half and half, and the recipe was perfect! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU for this recipe! <3 (P.S. My chef husband LOVES IT. He loved it so much, in fact, that he took it to work and gave it to all the waitresses and the executive chef, and they positively FAWNED over it! I'm fairly certain we'll be invited to all their barbeques this summer!)

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Rated 4 stars because I changed it slightly...

Used 6oz. white chocolate plus a touch more I had some white chips left from a previous batch of crack bars... (aka 7-layer bars) --- also added a good 2 teaspons of vanilla bean paste w/ the flecks of vanilla... with that addition the flavor just goes even better!! Didn't need any liquid the consistency was just perfect and with the vanilla bean specs, it's gorgeous!

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Kitten This is so yummy! I swear your recipes are the reason I'm on here! ;)

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Very nice frosting! Lovely and light with just the right sweetness. Yummmmmmmmy

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I have always used the Internet to try new ideas but this is the first time I have ever signed up so I could rate one! I LOVE this, I swapped out the whipped cream for our famous Devonshire clotted cream! It was to be used as a filling aswell as frosting so I had to add another 2 cups of icing sugar to get it stiff enough for the job, but oh my word is this stuff just to die for! We have a friend with a stupidly sweet tooth whose birthday is this Wednesday he loves chocolate and cream and all things similar and his wife my bf has asked me to make a cake so decadent, even he won't be able to eat too much, so we have a pure milk choc vanilla cake with this frosting as a filling and crumbcoating then wrapped in milk choc paste and topped off with the frosting surrounding the sides with chocolate straws and topped with White and milk maltase's, I defy anyone to be able to stand more than half a slice lol!!!! No doubt he will manage it though! Thank you soooooooo much for this truly stunning frosting! X

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This icing is fantastic! If I could give it more stars I would. Used with Sue B's Chocolate Cake to make cupcakes for a wedding. They were incredible as a whole, but the icing was the true star. Thanks so much for sharing yet another great recipe. You never let me down :D

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This frosting's flavor did not do much for me. I actually let the chocolate cool as directed. It had a great consistency, but the flavor was just so-so.

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Yum! This was really good. I wanted to eat the frosting and not the cake! Don't make my mistake: I melted the chocolate and tried to cool it faster in the fridge but it just made some of it harden again so my frosting came out chunky. I know that's not how it supposed to be so melt it thoroughly and don't let it harden again. But to my surprise my taster like the small bits of white chocolate in the frosting (I kind of did too).

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Wonderful flavor. I used this to frost chocolate cupcakes and added a strawberry on top. MMMmmmm. So good. I got lots of rave reviews. I made the mistake of not letting my white chocolate cool very much and the icing was SUPER thin...and then my cupcakes were not cooled enough so it just melted all over the place...so I stuck it in the fridge for about a half hour, along with the cupcakes, and then frosted. I have to keep them in the fridge or they start melting all over the place again. This frosted 24 cupcakes and there was still a bit leftover to probably do about 2 or 3 more cupcakes. (I didn't put a whole lot on the cupcakes).

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Another winner from Kitten. Made this to frost a chocolate layer cake. Having tasted this, I think my life is complete.

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I suspect that if I had Merkins or Lindt chocolate, it would have been better tasting. The frosting is very light and fluffy. The creamy texture is delightful in your mouth. I added some white cream de caco to help boost the chocolate flavor of my no-name white chocolate.

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Yum. I added only 1.5T of whipping cream, and used 3 cups of powdered sugar ilo 2 to thicken it for piping. Turned out fabulous and tasty, too! For white chocolate I used white almond bark because it was what I had on hand. Thank you! :)

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Kittencal... What can I say? I love your buttercream frostings! This one was a huge hit and tasted oh-so-good chilled. We frosted a white chocolate dream cake from Taste of Home Baking 2009 (fairly similar to Cameo Cake With White Chocolate Frosting ) with this and they complimented eachother perfectly. It was also firm enough for piping. Per the comment that it is too sweet, my whole family begs to differ! :0) I'll be using this often! Thanks!

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The white chocolate clumped in the frosting. I guess it cooled too long. It tasted okay.

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Delicious!! I used this frosting to ice my daughter's first birthday cake. I used cake Cinnamon White Chocolate Cake, and it was a lovely combination! Thank you for the great recipe!

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The best ever!, Good for dipping strawberries!

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This frosting is really good. I can't stand most buttercreams because they are so sweet. This was sweet but the white chocolate helped give it a good texture without making it sickeningly sweet like regular buttercream frostings. It whips up into a really beautiful, fluffy texture too.

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