Hello,

So I need to make a strawberry buttercream for the first time and my current buttercream recipe I use is the wilton one with an addition of milk and a some butter extract.

So do I just go ahead and add some straberry jam? Or should I use a box of strawberry jell-o?

Any tips would be greatly appreciated! I've seen recipe's on here but how to choose? Maybe someone could post a good recipe they've used before?

It doesn't need to be super crusting but it's to go on vanilla cupcakes so I'd like the buttercream to hold up obviously.
Thanks!

One time I was making a cake (the strawberry shaped one in my photos) and was suddenly all out of red gel color and my buttercream still wasn't the red red i wanted. I dumped two packets of strawberry koolaid mix into it, beat it in and let it sit for a little while for the color to deepen. It turned out colored wonderfully and had a nice strawberry taste to it (tho it was it bit tart!) end everyone really seemed to like it. I don't see why a box of strawberry jello wouldn't work just as well.

I just replace the liquid in my regular buttercream with pureed, strained strawberries. I just made some today, as a matter of fact for my DH's birthday tomorrow; it's his favorite with chocolate cake . I use a modified version of Wilton's buttercream.

1/2 cup shortening
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 lb. confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup lukewarm milk (in this case, replace with the strawberries)
1 tbs. meringue powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

If you want, add a drop or 2 of pink food color to intensify the color a it.

elcee... ok so I take 1/4 cups of fresh strawberries, puree them and strain them and add them instead of the milk then?

thanks ladies!

anyone else?

Ok thanks, 1 more question, how long do you think this type of buttercream will hold in the fridge?

Several days would be my best guess but I don't know for sure.

Thanks so much gonna try it tomorrow!