I used Martha Stewart's recipe for Swiss Meringue. I followed the recipe to the letter but to me it taste like straight butter! The recipe calls for 2.5cups of sugar, 10 egg whites, 8 sticks of butter and 2tsp of vanilla extract.

I need a quick fix. I already iced a sheet cake with it! Please help asap.

Michelle

Did you use salted butter or unsalted butter? Unsalted butter doesn't overwhelm meringue icings with butter flavor. That being said, ALL meringue buttercreams are very buttery compared to the super sweet butter/shortening+PS icings. Try adding more vanilla and even a little almond extract.

oh no! I'm pretty sure I used salted butter. I'm not sure if i've ever tasted it before on cakes or cupcakes so I didn't know it has a buttery flavor anyway. I guess I can add more extract to what's left over but I already iced the cake. That sucks!

Thanks for the fast reply! I love CC for this reason.
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Don't worry! It will be fine. I made that mistake the first time I made IMBC, but with the cake it still tasted really good. Of course, then, I'm like Julia Child in that I adore butter. I could eat good butter by itself.

Did you use unsalted butter?

Way too much butter. I use SMBC exclusively. The recipe I use, seen here: http://cakecentral.com/recipes/5453/the-well-dressed-cake-swiss-meringue-buttercream-with-variations calls for much less butter, and is simply divine. Must. Use. Unsalted. Butter. Always.