Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2008

Typically I don't review recipes if I change ingredients, but I had to this time! This was the yummiest buttercream I've ever made!! These were my changes - only butter, Silk instead of milk, and a little bit of marishino cherry juice. Yu-hu-hum! Half a recipe is more than enough to frost 6 jumbo cupcakes, so I would assume 12 regular ones.

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MEMILY_00

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Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2008

I prefer this recipe with butter only, I didn't get all of the 4 cups of sugar in it. I agree with using heavy cream instead of milk. It gave it a much smoother consistency. I love the flavor. I made my cake and ate the rest of the frosting on graham crackers. Makes a great treat for the kids!

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Sandy Gingrich

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Reviewed: Feb. 12, 2008

Very good icing for what it is....super easy to make! I used only 3 cups of sugar (no need to beat after each cup) and doubled the amount of vanilla. The end result was perfect for icing mini valentine cupcakes for my son's daycare!

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kelcampbell

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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2008

Sooo good. Instead of adding milk, I used heavy whipping cream. I whipped it pretty well and it made the icing light and tasty. Definately will use it again.

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HilleryM

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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2008

wow I know its called buttercreme but all I tasted was butter not good at all I ended up mixing it with the store bought buttercreme and it was ok will not make again.

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nicole

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Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2008

This was really good! I took advise from other reviews and ONLY used Butter. I did NOT use shortening. I also increased the vanilla to 2tsp and reduced the sugar to 3 cups. Although no one else thought so, I thought it was a bit thick, and i think it may have been that my butter was not at room temp ( i had to warm it in the microwave.) When i make this again, i will make sure the icing is warmed properly. Try this recipe! It is really good!

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KAZSIL

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Reviewed: Feb. 4, 2008

I love this recipe....although I altered it quite a bit it turned out great! I used 1 cup butter, 2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar, 2 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 tsp. almond extract, 3 tbls. milk, 2 tbls. marachino cherry juice and a little red food coloring paste. It turned out nice and fluffy and easy to spread. I made an angel food cake and wanted an icing that would complement it rather than taking over. Perfect!

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kittykat

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Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2008

Great recipe. I used it for my daughters birthday cake! My suggestion is to use water instead of milk and heat it up. Add some salt to this water to dissolve and add to frosting. This will cut down on the sweetness of the frosting alot. I also add a little bit of almond extract.

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Reviewed: Jan. 6, 2008

Very easy recipe, however, I am not a fan! This buttercream is BY FAR the sweetest I have ever tasted, WAY too sweet for me and everyone else who ate the cake. I will make this again, but I plan on using about a cup less of confectioners sugar and all butter instead of shortening as the shortening is just not needed.

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2007

This recipe was terrible! I was very impressed at how it mixed together. It was not runny at all! But when I tasted this frosting, it was WAY to sweet and you could still taste the shortening and butter in it. I tried one more batch of this recipe putting less sugar but it was still terrible! DO NOT USE THIS RECIPE! I do not know why people are raving about this for?

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Kristen

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Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2007

Great icing. The only thing I changed is using water instead of milk. That way I can keep it longer in the fridge. That works better for us since our family members have birthdays back to back and this way I can make a double batch and keep it.

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Larisa

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Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2007

2 stars because it is easy to whip up but we hated the taste of this frosting. The texture is good but we need to work on the taste. Maybe if I used all butter it would be better. Add some lemon zest and juice to make it a lemon frosting. As is though....doesn't make the grade in this family and we love creams and frostings. Everything is home made in this house so I cannot compare it to store bought, maybe that's what it's supposed to taste like?

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miki

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2007

Yummy! I used this exactly as the recipe says except I used heavy whipping cream instead of milk. (I love cream.)I needed 6 tablespoons to make it nice and fluffy. I divided the cream and added coacoa powder to one bowl to put in the middle of my cake. It was delicious, will definitely use this recipe again!

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Michelle

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Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2007

I made this with all butter and it was delicious! It is very, very sweet (which I like) so be warned. And it's so easy to whip up too - I will definitely use this again.

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Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2007

My changes: Used all butter Added a bit more vanilla used liquid food coloring so between the vanilla and food coloring I needed more powdered sugar so I added 1/4 cup more. It was perfect. My sister-in-law LOVED it and was eating the extra icing from the cup I saved it in. Nice 7 simple and totally versatile. I normally make a cooked butter cream icing but I needed a quick one and this worked amazingly!

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LISKAGIRL

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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2007

This is one of our favorite icing. I used butter flavored crisco. I also like to use my whisk attachment on my stand up mixer and whip it up for awhile. It really fluffs up nice. I tried this again with all real butter and my family liked even better. I find the secret is still in whipping it really well. PERFECT!!!

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