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The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting!

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting! showmetheyummy.com #bestvanillafrosting #vanillabuttercreamHAPPY {belated} 2ND BIRTHDAY, SHOW ME THE YUMMY!

Ok. So I’m totally a week late, but October 20th was SMTY’s 2nd birthday/blogiversary! I can’t believe that just two short years ago (October 20, 2014), I was hitting publish on my very first post and this little food blog was born.

Last year, I celebrated with No Bake Funfetti Cheesecake Cupcakes and this year we’re celebrating with The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe, of course! And probably a little bubbly to go with it later tonight, too, because #yolo, amiright? 😉

This seriously is the best vanilla frosting and I’ve actually been making it as a base for other frosting recipes for years, but for whatever reason it never occurred to me to just keep it simple and share with you guys an easy vanilla frosting recipe!

Doh!

But have no fear, because here it is: The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe to celebrate SMTY’s birthday, because the only way to celebrate a birthday is with the most perfect, easy, fluffy, delicious, simple frosting. 🙂

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting! showmetheyummy.com #bestvanillafrosting #vanillabuttercreamSooooo much has happened in the last two years . . .

  1. Trevor quit his job and came on full time to SMTY.
  2. We made and devoured way too much Puppy Chow.
  3. We started a YouTube channel and added videos to most of our videos where Trevor and I were “hosting” our own show.
  4. Trevor and I celebrated our 1 and 2 year wedding anniversaries by eating our favorite Easy Shrimp Alfredo.
  5. We started making 60 second videos for our Facebook page, because let’s be real, we all ♡ those.
  6. Trevor launched The Blog Village.
  7. Trevor and I hosted our very first SMTY Food Video Workshop.

And so so much more!

Before we talk about frosting, I just wanted to say thank YOU to all of you who come to SMTY. Whatever you’re coming for – the stories, the recipes, the occasional photos of Teddy 😉 . . . – whatever brings you here, thank you, thank you, thank YOU, because without you SMTY wouldn’t be where it is today.

And thank you for being here today to celebrate our 2nd birthday with The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe!

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting! showmetheyummy.com #bestvanillafrosting #vanillabuttercreamThis is the best vanilla frosting for many reasons:

#1 It’s ridiculously thick and fluffy

#2 It’s perfectly vanilla-y

#3 It’s super quick and easy

#4 It only requires FIVE ingredients

Ready?

Beat butter for about 60 seconds in your favorite stand mixer (you could also use a hand mixer). Beat in some powdered sugar and salt. Beat in some heavy cream and vanilla extract.

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting! showmetheyummy.com #bestvanillafrosting #vanillabuttercreamPipe it on all the cupcakes, cookies, spoons, whatever.

That’s it!

We’re Show Me the Yummy: Easy Recipes for Yummy Food, so this recipe is the perfect way to celebrate our birthday, right?!

I mean. You just saw how easy that was, yes?

Plus, it’s SOOOOOO delicious. The result is an ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting.

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting! showmetheyummy.com #bestvanillafrosting #vanillabuttercreamMake this for all your birthdays, pop a bottle of bubbly, and celebrate!

– Jennifer

How do YOU celebrate birthdays? And by that I mean, what food do you celebrate with? 😉 Show Me the Yummy!

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The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe
This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting!
Servings: 6 cupcakes
Results and timings may vary when adjusting servings
Watch the Video of this Recipe
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
 
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
  • 4 cups powdered sugar sifted
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Using your stand (or hand) mixer, beat butter for 60 seconds in a bowl.
  2. Beat in powdered sugar and salt slowly.
  3. Slowly pour in heavy cream and vanilla and beat until well combined and fluffy.
  4. Ready to frost or refrigerate!
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Nutrition Facts
The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 485 Calories from Fat 180
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20g 31%
Saturated Fat 12g 60%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 55mg 18%
Sodium 105mg 4%
Potassium 11mg 0%
Total Carbohydrates 80g 27%
Sugars 78g
Protein 1g 2%
Vitamin A 2.9%
Calcium 0.6%
Iron 0.3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
*Note: Nutritional information is estimated and varies based on products used.

This seriously is The Best Vanilla Frosting Recipe! Only five ingredients needed to make this ultra creamy, super fluffy, perfectly vanilla-y, sweet, but not too sweet buttercream frosting! showmetheyummy.com #bestvanillafrosting #vanillabuttercream

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  1. Awww happy belated birthday!! <3 This frosting looks amazing Jennifer and I love how simple the ingredient list is! I love celebrating my birthdays with a nice dinner out and some sort of dark chocolate dessert. And wine of course. 😉

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    • Thanks Marina! It’s crazy that SMTY has been around for TWO years already!! Dark chocolate dessert + wine – perfection!

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  3. Vanilla frosting on devil’s food cupcakes is the best! Can’t wait to try this recipe. I notice the blog says to pipe it on–does it top as well without piping? I want it to look nice like the photo but I don’t have the bag and tip.
    PS I’ll rate a 5 in advance because it looks and sounds incredible but I haven’t made it yet…

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    • Thank you so much Deborah! For the photos, I actually just used a cookie scoop! Worked like a charm 🙂 You’ll have to let me know how your cupcakes turn out!

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  4. OMG OMG OMG!!! You have GOT to be kidding me… My blog’s birthday is October 20 too!!! Just 4 years before yours… That is BEYOND freaky in a Freaky Friday sort of way. 😉😘 But happy, happy blogiversary to you! And I am SO proud of everything you and Trevor have achieved! You’re my blog role models. Seriously. I want to be like you when my blog and I grow up!! ❤️

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    • Oh that’s amazing!!! I wouldn’t want to share a blogiversary with anyone else!!!! <3 <3 <3 Thank you so much Amy 🙂 We love and miss you!!!

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  5. It looks delicious cant wait.. gonna make cupcakes for my sisters baby shower.. in March, so I’m sure its gonna be a hit. Question can you freeze and reuse the frosting?

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