Lately my buttercream has been sort od grainy.... like sandy textured I guess. It's beautiful and fluffy at first but then after I bag it and start working with it it becomes grainy. Can anyone help?

Do you put salt in your buttercream? If so, sometimes all the salt desn't dissolve. Best to dissolve the salt in your water when you are making it then it won't get grainy. Hope this helps.

I just had this problem yesterday. I did everything as usual, except that I used Target powdered sugar. I ran to the store and got some of my "normal" powdered sugar and everything was fine.

It was really gross...kind of like sandy buttercream. And I do put a little salt in all my buttercreams and never have had this problem.

Are you sifting your confectioners sugar? Also make sure you are mixing it long enough. My buttercream takes about 8 minutes with my KA to get to the correct texture.

I also use salt in my bc but I use popcorn salt, much smaller grains.

thanks everyone. I do sift my sugar and I don'tusesalt.

I AM using a different sugar, but it's the same brand I always buy in the store only thistime I boughtthe huge 50pound bag from Costco.

But I don't think I've ever beat it 8 minutes. I'll try that this time. Thanks bakers!!

Add the sugar slowly! Let a little get all mixed in and add some more. It takes longer, but the results are so much better!!! Then let the entire batch mix about 6 to 8 minutes. Good luck!

Thanks! It worked! I just mixed it in slower and beat it longer.

Thank you guys!

I also had a problem where I used a generic shortening and that caused it to be grainy at first, but after it sat ovrnight it was ok...but I always use crisco from now on so I don't worry.

OMG! I HAVE THAT PROBLEM, THATS WHY I DONT LIKE BUTTERCREAM, BUT NOW AFTER READING ALL THE POST, I THINK I WILL TAKE TIME MAKING IT FOR 10 MIN. THANK YOU GUYS

I also bought powdered sugar Target's brand and had the same problem, very grainy.