White Chocolate Buttercream

This White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe is one of my all time favorites and I LOVE frosting, so I don't say that lightly.  It is so creamy, fluffy and fun and the white chocolate flavor really carries through!

   This frosting is sooooooooooo good.  No really, it is.  You would think adding chocolate to the buttercream would weigh it down and make it heavy, but it doesn't!  It is so light and fluffy and has a perfect white chocolate flavor.

   My sister-in-law Jess makes delicious from scratch cakes.  She is a self taught cake artist who makes the tastiest masterpieces.

    Her husband, Anthony, is the pie guy.  Last year he did a year of pies, a different pie for every month of the year.  This year she decided to do (at least) a cake for every month.

    She is writing a blog called Year of Cake updating us as she goes, you should check it out.  I was lucky enough to get to try her mocha cheesecake and Anthony's birthday cake which were both delicious!

   She has been using this buttercream as a base for her fondant rather than using a classic buttercream and it knocked my socks off.  I just knew I had to do something with it.

    So, I frosted one of Little Dude's birthday cakes with it.  Just imagine, peanut butter sheet cake with a nice thick layer of white chocolate buttercream.  Oh yeah!

    I made the frosting and immediately considered canceling the party.  That way I could be left alone with my bowl of frosting and not have to share!  But alas, I couldn't do that to poor Little Dude.  So, share I did.

     Updating a few years later to tell you that this is still one of my favorite frosting recipes.  I have used it a number of times over the last couple of years.  

    Most recently on a cookies and cream layer cake I made for my sister's baby shower.  It was soooooo good.  

    But you don't have to just take my word for it.  Mollie over at Frugal Hausfrau made it for her Raspberry Filled Cupcakes with White Chocolate Buttercream and she agrees! 

If you are a frosting fanatic like me, check out my Frosting 101. It goes through the different types of frosting and links to all sorts of delicious recipes!

Yield: Enough for a large layer cake (3 9" layers") or a half sheet cakeAuthor: Cooking With Carlee

White Chocolate Buttercream

prep time: 10 MINScook time: total time: 10 mins

The addition of white chocolate makes this buttercream even smoother, creamier, fluffier and more delicious!

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 oz white chocolate bars, not chips (like the ghiradelli ones in the baking aisle)
• 1 1/3 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 2 2/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup cream (a bit less if you are planning to pipe it)
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp salt

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave by cooking for thirty seconds, then stirring. Microwave another thirty seconds and stir. Continue to microwave in ten second intervals until the chocolate is smooth. Set aside.
2. In mixer bowl, beat the butter on medium speed for about a minute.
3. Add powdered sugar and mix on low until incorporated.
4. With the mixer still going on low, drizzle in the white chocolate. Once it is completely added, turn the mixer back up to medium and beat for two more minutes.
5. Add cream vanilla and salt and beat for another minute or so.
6. Frost your cake!

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