Buttercream icing is a classic frosting used for icing cupcakes, cakes, and macarons.
Buttercream frosting is the perfect base to add a variety of flavors to create your own rich icing.
You can add a ton of flavor using simple ingredients like freshly brewed espresso, vanilla beans, lemon zest, etc.
Try using one of these velvety icings for your next baking project!
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Vanilla buttercream frosting is rich and creamy, with an aromatic flavor of vanilla.
It’s a stiff icing, therefore it pipes well on top of of cupcakes for those beautiful rose icing designs.
Vanilla buttercream is made with heavy cream instead of milk to thin it out, therefore it has more of a buttery, velvety flavor.
You can easily color vanilla buttercream frosting using gel food coloring, or liquid food coloring.
Strawberry Buttercream
Strawberry buttercream is one of the most fruity frostings you’ll ever eat!!
To make strawberry buttercream you have to first make strawberry puree. It smells as good as it sounds.
The puree is added to a buttercream base, and it produces a vibrant pink frosting.
Strawberry buttercream has a bit of unique look to it, it has tiny pieces of strawberry mixed throughout the icing.
I recommend using the buttercream within 1-2 days, as the flavor fades over time.
White Chocolate Buttercream
White chocolate buttercream is made by adding melted vanilla chocolate to a buttercream base.
White chocolate is a fairly sweet chocolate, but added to buttercream makes it a delicious and creamy frosting that isn’t too sweet.
White chocolate buttercream is a beautiful crisp white frosting, but you can color if desired using gel food coloring.
Coffee Buttercream Frosting
Coffee buttercream frosting is an incredible flavored icing because it’s FULL of coffee flavor.
It tastes like you’re eating a latte.
Coffee buttercream icing is made by adding instant coffee (I recommend using freshly brewed espresso) to a buttercream icing base.
Coffee buttercream frosting has a hazel color to the frosting.
Champagne Buttercream Frosting
Champagne buttercream frosting has a lovely hint of bubbly flavor.
Champagne buttercream frosting can be made using a sweet sparkling wine infused into a vanilla buttercream frosting.
Champagne buttercream frosting is perfect for a wedding shower, NYE party, or birthday party celebration.
Chai Spiced Buttercream Frosting
Chai spiced frosting has the flavor of a chai latte.
Chai spiced frosting is made by infusing chai spice into a vanilla buttercream frosting.
Chai spiced frosting has a birch color to it.
It’s a unique tea flavored frosting that goes well with a vanilla cake or cupcakes.
Cookies and Cream Buttercream Frosting
Cookies and cream buttercream frosting has a hint of vanilla buttercream frosting.
Crushed cookies and cookie crumbs are added to the frosting to create this decadent and rich buttercream icing.
Cookies and cream buttercream frosting can be used for a chocolate cake or vanilla cake.
Chocolate Buttercream
Chocolate buttercream frosting is a chocolatey, creamy frosting.
Chocolate buttercream frosting is made by adding a little vanilla extract, and cocoa powder to a buttercream base frosting.
Chocolate buttercream is a heavy frosting. Typically chocolate buttercream is a used for frosting a chocolate cake, which is a fairly rich dessert.
Hazelnut buttercream
Hazelnut buttercream is a nutty and chocolatey frosting.
Hazelnut buttercream icing is made by adding cocoa powder, and hazelnut sauce to a buttercream frosting.
Hazelnut frosting is a unique frosting in that it has a nut flavored undertone with chocolate flavor. Hazelnut frosting goes well with chocolate, vanilla, or mocha cakes.
Peanut butter buttercream
Peanut butter buttercream frosting is a fluffy and light buttercream.
Peanut butter icing is made by simply adding peanut butter to a buttercream base.
It’s a bit unique, in that the frosting is thinned out by adding freshly whipped whipping cream.
The whipping cream adds a creamy texture to the buttercream frosting.
Elderflower Buttercream
Elderflower buttercream is a floral and refreshing buttercream frosting.
Elderflower buttercream is made by adding elderflower cordial to a buttercream base.
Elderflower buttercream goes well with lemon, or vanilla cakes.
Mint Buttercream Icing
Mint chocolate buttercream is a minty fresh, chocolatey icing.
Mint buttercream icing is made by adding mint extract, and dark chocolate chips to Italian buttercream icing.
You can also color the icing using liquid or gel food coloring if desired.
Mint buttercream icing goes well on top of a mint chocolate chip cake.
Lemon Buttercream
Lemon buttercream is a citrusy frosting with a burst of lemon flavor.
Lemon buttercream is made by adding lemon extract and freshly grated lemon zest to infuse into buttercream icing.
Lemon buttercream is goes well on top of lemon cake, or vanilla cake.
Amaretto Buttercream Frosting
Amaretto buttercream is a sweet, cherry flavored frosting.
Amaretto buttercream is made by infusing amaretto and vanilla extract into buttercream frosting.
Slowly add the powdered sugar into the frosting, and taste test for yourself. Only add as much sugar as you need to. It might be too sweet otherwise.
Banana Buttercream Icing
Banana buttercream frosting has a creamy banana flavor to it.
Banana buttercream icing is made with banana extract to buttercream frosting. You can add a little yellow liquid food coloring as well for a pop of color.
Coconut Buttercream
Coconut buttercream frosting has a woody-fruity flavor to it.
Coconut buttercream icing is made by adding cream of coconut and coconut emulsion to buttercream icing.
Mocha Buttercream Icing
Mocha buttercream has a coffee-chocolate flavor to it. It’s rich and decadent.
Mocha buttercream icing is made by adding freshly brewed coffee or espresso, and cocoa powder to a vanilla buttercream icing.
Irish Cream Buttercream Icing
Irish Cream buttercream frosting has a creamy vanilla flavor to it with a hint of whiskey.
Irish cream buttercream is made by adding Irish cream to a buttercream frosting.
