Recipe: Delicious Strawberry buttercream frosting

Strawberry buttercream frosting. It's the icing on the cake, literally, and frankly sometimes I could take or leave the cake itself. At Taste of Home, we've shared dozens of recipes for frosting from scratch, and one of my absolute favorites (and one of the easiest of the bunch) is strawberry buttercream frosting. It's rich yet fluffy and not too sweet, with a delightfully creamy butter base.

Buttercream was rather flavorless except for strawberry touch. Rather greasy texture but pairs well with yellow cupcakes. After pureeing the strawberries, I put them in a colander over a measuring cup and let the excess water drain out. You can have Strawberry buttercream frosting using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Strawberry buttercream frosting

1. You need of Unsalted Butter Softened.
2. You need of Corn Starch Corn flour /.
3. It's of Strawberries ( medium sized).
4. It's of Sugar Granulated.
5. You need of Sugar Powdered.

This strawberry frosting will transform any cake or cupcake into the most delicious treat. It's bursting with fresh strawberry flavor without being too sweet. It's creamy, smooth and holds its shape when piped - making it the perfect strawberry buttercream recipe. Some strawberry frosting recipes use jam, and some use freeze-dried.

Strawberry buttercream frosting instructions

1. Wash, hull and chop the strawberries into small pieces..
2. Transfer the chopped strawberries into a bowl and add the granulated sugar. Mix well and keep aside for an hour..
3. Puree the strawberry sugar mixture along with the corn starch in a blender. Puree would be close to 1 cup in quantity. Adjust the quantity of sugar based on the sourness of the strawberries..
4. Pour the above mixture into a saucepan on medium heat and stir occasionally until the mixture thickens..
5. Cream the softened butter for about 5 mins scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally. (Do not use melted butter).
6. Add powdered sugar in small portions and beat until fluffy and creamy. Reduce or increase the amount of sugar based on how sweet you would like the icing to be..
7. Add the thickened strawberry puree and beat until evenly mixed..

Strawberry season is in full swing and today I'm sharing a fantastic Strawberry Buttercream Frosting Recipe that is easy to make, pipes beautifully, and is bursting with strawberry flavor! This versatile strawberry buttercream recipe can be used as a filling or frosting, and tastes AMAZING with all sorts of cake and cupcake flavors. Quick and easy strawberry buttercream frosting recipe for cupcakes and cakes. This fresh strawberry frosting is smooth, creamy, easy to spread and pipe. Strawberry frosting is not something that ever never blew me away UNTIL I made this fresh strawberry buttercream frosting.