June 11, 2026

How to make buttercream icing

Name: How to make buttercream icing
Ingredients: 250g (8oz) butter, softened; 3 cups (480g) icing (confectioners’) sugar; ⅓ cup (80ml) milk; 2 tsp vanilla bean extract (optional)

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From our Test Kitchen Collection of baking classics. This recipe makes enough to ice 12 cupcakes.

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Makes 2 cups

Women's Weekly Food

June 11, 2026

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The Weekly’s recipe for basic buttercream, plus different flavour variations.

Leftover buttercream can be frozen in an airtight container for up to one month.