Buttercream Masterclass: How to make Perfect Buttercream Icing | Cupcake Jemma

Is grainy, lumpy, stodgy buttercream getting you down? Do you long to be able to make yours light, creamy, whippy and delicious every time? Well now you can achieve your buttercreamy dreams with this buttercream masterclass video. I have taken the most common problems you talk about in your comments and given you the solutions! Woop!

Recipe...
150g unsalted butter, soft
340g icing sugar, sifted
3-4 tbsp whole milk/milk infusion/juice/other liquid

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[kikinovalova]

*150 g squeezable unsalted butter*
- Beat for 5 minutes
*340 g powder sugar*
- Sort out through sieve
- Add 1/2 of sugar to butter
- Add second half of sugar when the mixture is nice, smooth, pale and whippy (cca 3-5 minutes)
- Mix another 3-5 minutes (preferably 5)
- Mix *1/4 tsp of vanilla extract* with *3 or 4 tbsp of whole milk*
- Add just as much vanilla milk to your mixture as you need
- With the vanilla milk add any flavours and/or colors you'd like
- Speed the mixer up and beat for 3 or 4 minutes, just so the mixture connects well with the vanilla milk (and flavours and colors)
- After a few minutes scrape the sides and check consistency, if need, add milk, continue mixing

[lhood]

US Measurements are as follow:

150g of butter equal 2/3 cup
340g of powdered/shifted sugar equal 2 3/4 cups

[amydfu]

Ingredients:
150g (5oz) unsalted butter
340g (12oz) icing sugar (also called powdered or confectioners' sugar)
Around 3 tablespoons of milk

[effendymukhtar]

Love how she acknowledged people living in a hot country where she knows her audiences come from all over the world. Great tips and amazing video. :)

[zoramthangitei]

The way she talk is so percise, strict and shows that she is a fast worker.😘

[rw]

Thanks for putting the recipe in the video description and not forcing us to some website, like a lot of other baking YouTubers do. This is super helpful, thank you!

[TridentCapital]

For those who prefer something less sweet...mix in a few drops of lemon juice into this recipe. You won't taste it at all but it will give the effect of a less sweet icing.

[natashjastorey]

Thank you for this recipe. Over the last 36 hours I have made 5x your vanilla buttercream recipe and 1x your chocolate buttercream for my nieces first birthday party. I made her smash cake and the birthday cake for alot of people and it got alot of compliments. A friend (who is a trained chef) who attended said its the best buttercream she has ever had (and she hates the standard buttercream). THANK YOU!!!! Your recipe made a very happy group of people here in CA ♡♡♡

[isabellavargas]

We need a masterclass on the eyeliner thanks

[skeletondude]

Everytime i made buttercream, it always turned out runny or curdled, never right. But i tried this today and this turned out PERFECT ! I followed all your instructions perfectly & the buttercream looks exactly like yours !! I will use it later today, so i've stored it in an air tight container in the fridge !! This is the BEST buttercream recipe !! I recommend it to all 100%

[cinarod]

Just wanted to say thank you! I actually made my first batch of buttercream icing, and it came out great. With everything being shut down because of COVID, I’ll be making my daughter 2 year old birthday cake. I’ll be tipping it with YOUR buttercream icing. Thank you!

[evieklein]

Omg. You are so talented. Since quarantine started I have started making cookies for people who were in isolation. Then I started liking it and I was looking for ages for the perfect YouTube account to help me improve as a baker. This is it. Thank u for the tutorial!!

[beccyarmstrong]

I have been making butter cream for years, I have just made yours, its the smoothest, fluffiest and tastiest thank you.

[octaviahutchinson]

I always whip my butter with a hand mixer, then add the sugar a little at a time and mix with a wooden spoon, then back to the hand mixer to whip until light and fluffy. best method I've found yet :)

[daphnedaffodil]

I just made this icing with your vanilla cupcakes and they turned out amazing!!! The BEST buttercream EVER!!! Me and my family can't stop eating them! 😂
Thank you Jemma for having our back with these recipes, they are always incredible!!! 🤩🍦🧁

[getcreativewithira]

YOU ARE THE KINDEST BAKER I'VE EVER MET LIKE LITERALLY NO ONE EVER SHARES THEIR RECIPES ❤❤❤

[tiffanyc]

I'm back again 😂 this is the best white frosting ever! I absolutely love it! I'm using vanilla beans tonight ! I have made this multiple times and everyone loves it so now I make 3 batches and always have extra for ppl because it's that good ! Thank you Gemma

[sanchariroy]

She's so sincere and whatever she does, she does it with lot of care ❤❤❤

[SelkyCircus]

(I'm in the US) I went to a specialty European market for reasons totally unrelated to baking and I found that same brand of French butter! Finally, I can make similar buttercream to yours :) Wish I could have found it earlier lol

I followed this recipe for buttercream for a cake I made last month, but my buttercream came out with a bunch of air-pockets. After watching the video again now, Jemma says "regardless of how much icing I'm making, I always add [the sugar] in 2 stages". I added the sugar in 3-4 stages and whipped 3 minutes in between each stage. Basically I added too much air which caused those air-pockets. Lesson learned! Hope this helps somebody else.

[heatherr]

I've tried three different methods for making buttercream in the last two days. This is the only one that worked. I can't thank you enough! You've saved the birthday cake I'm making