What Is Your Favortie Buttercream?
Baking By just4fun26 Updated 20 Sep 2013 , 3:08pm by cakeyouverymuch
I've been using Wilton's buttercream, but I want to venture out to something new. I really don't try every recipe for buttercream I find so I was wondering if anyone wanted to share their go-to never fail recipe?
AWhiles it's a big departure from Wilton's buttercream, my go-to is IMBC (Italian Meringue Buttercream). It is very similar to SMBC (Swiss Meringue...). You can flavor it with so many different things so it's super flexible and I love how it handles when icing a cake. If you're used to Wilton's BC, IMBC is very different - not nearly as sweet. Just search for IMBC recipes if you want to try it out.
Another recipe I just tried recently was a sort of sweeter version of IMBC (sort of) - it's called Fluffy American Buttercream and I found the recipe on this website. I used it for a cupcake cake and it was so, so easy to work with. I still prefer IMBC but I wanted something sweeter since the target audience was 5 year olds.
Hope that helps!
AWilson's is WAY too sweet for me, but since I'm taking the class so I'm using it for now. I really want to try SMBC. I've heard its not as easy to work with, is that true? I do like that Wilson's bc is.easy to "correct" if I add too much liquid and I can eyeball the sugar. Quite frankly, I'm ready to grow up and try something new.
You know you can always add less sugar if you can adjust to a non-crusting buttercream...
This is my go to:
http://www.angelfire.com/on2/cakes/Buttercream.html
I have two cakes this weekend. Both chocolate. One will be filled with the above buttercream flavored with a packet of tropical fruit kool-ade (tastes like bubblegum, kids love it--the only drawback is that it is bright pink) for which I added the kool-ade to the boiling water for the meringue. The other is to be filled with the above buttercream flavored with nutella for which I replaced a cup of the crisco with a cup of nutella.
It doesn't crust much though.
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