Hi yall,

I am confused, when I went to the store I tried to find the sticks of unsalted and salted butter but didnt have it all it had was a block of them. So I bought them, so how would I know how much of it makes one stick?


Thanks.

usually you buy a box of sticks. There are four sticks in one pound of butter. One stick equals half a cup of butter. or 1/4 lb equals 1/2 cup of butter.

Hope this helps

While my butter still cold I cut it in four sticks may not be perfectly the same but haven't noticed the difference . I do it with the wrapper still on so I don't get butter on my hands.I do this cause at Sam's the butter that comes individually wrapped by sticks costs a lot more

Thanks again. I am trying to make the buttercream dream for the first time. I hope I am gonna like it. Smile

There are 16oz in a lb. Each stick weighs 4 oz.

I always buy in a block..cheaper and it doesn't take much time to weigh what I need.

Thanks again. I will be doing this tomorrow. I can't wait.

the sticks of unsalted and salted butter, do they needs to be melted or let it thaw out... it is kinda of hard .. what is the best thing to do? Hurry I am baking cake right now. Let me know before i start my new icy on buttercream dream.

Your butter should be room temperature. You will get lumps if it is cold. You can try putting it in the microwave but only do a few seconds at time! You don't want melted butter becauase that will be too soft!

oh ok how long in setting in room tempature... hours or what? I am anxious to make my first buttercream dream.

I let mine set out for a couple of hours.

Most butter will get to room temp in about 1/2 hour or an hour. I speed it up by putting in microwave on defrost setting for about 15 seconds and then check it.

I read somewhere that if you are short of time you can let your butter sit in a bowl of tap water, wrapped of course. This will quicken the process of thawing. I will try it tonight because I forgot to take it out of the fridge before I left work this morning. Hope it works!

I just made it.. it tasted so different than wilton icy i normally make. I was wondering can you also add almond extract in it too?

you can flavor your buttercream with any extracts that you want so almond would absolutely go well with the recipe.

I just made the buttercream dream and i put it on the cake and i use viva towel.... the icy came on the towel.. grrrrr.. what am I doing wrong..... i am so sad...