Vanilla Frosting

Name: Vanilla Frosting
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 6 cups.
Ingredients: 12 cups confectioners' sugar; 3/4 cup butter, softened; 3/4 cup whole milk; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Don't know how to make icing for cake but don't want to settle for store-bought frosting? This four-ingredient easy vanilla frosting recipe is the perfect topper for your cakey creations. The homemade taste just can't be beat. —Mary Faulk, Cambridge, Wisconsin

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Ingredients

12 cups confectioners' sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup whole milk
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Directions

Combine sugar, butter, milk and vanilla. Beat on medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Spread over cake or cupcakes. Store in refrigerator.

Test Kitchen Tips

If your frosting is too thick, add a touch more milk. If it’s too thin, add a little more powdered sugar.

The vanilla flavor in this recipe will really shine through, so we recommend using a pure extract.

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Nutrition Facts

2 tablespoons: 145 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 8mg cholesterol, 25mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (30g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

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Minnie

Feb 14, 2020

Its so unfortunate that a site like this has to have illiterate people like the non-intelligent Bbhluvhhsr on it who has an obvious limited non-sensical vocabulary and shows no intellect to use those words here. How he's even baking anything is a mystery. This recipe is PERFECT! It is easy, works easy and took about 3 minutes to make. 5 star!! Great job.
Bbhluvhhsr

Feb 5, 2020

Fuck you
Anita

Jan 26, 2020

Recipe could use some tweaking. I tried this 3 times and it didn’t work once. I made sure every measurement was exact and when that didn’t work I played around with it.
Natalia

Dec 12, 2019

Not thick enough
Jenny

Nov 20, 2019

REALLY good and very easy.
Cynthia

Nov 10, 2019

I added 3/4 cup of sugar because I didnt have 12 cups of the suggested ( I only had about 8). It came out fine. Also don't add all the confectioners sugar at once. Add it in gradually. Will definitely make it again!
Ron't

Aug 26, 2019

This was amazing to the only this you let it sit in the freezer for a few minutes
Ivana

Jun 26, 2019

I thought this was frosting, it is just goop!!!! I am disappointed. I was making cupcakes in a short amount of time, and now I have to restart the “frosting” again!!!!! I am so MAD!!!!
Linda

May 19, 2019

I had no luck making this frosting. It came out too dry for me. I played around with it and came up with 1/2 cup butter 1/2 solid Crisco only 4 cups confectionery sugar and a touch of vanilla extract. The best frosting I ever made I even added in another recipe made the same way some cocoa powder for a light chocolate delicious
DeliciouslyResourceful_Gina

Mar 23, 2019

I made a half batch. Texture was nice and thick, and I did have to add a touch more milk as the recipe indicated. The only reasons I could think that others had trouble was not measuring exactly, and I also put ingredients in my stand mixer in the order listed, and used 6/10 speed. Worked great for me!