Honey Buttercream Frosting
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Learn how to make homemade frosting with this easy recipe. This Honey Buttercream is light, sweet, and perfect for topping cakes and cupcakes, or filling sandwich cookies!
If you’re looking for more homemade frosting recipes, be sure to check out some of my other favorites like Chocolate Ganache Frosting, Vanilla Bean Buttercream Frosting, or Whipped Cream Frosting.
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This organic buttercream has just 4 ingredients! Skip the store bought tubs in favor of fresh homemade frosting that's quick and easy! This simple honey buttercream is light, sweet, with a subtle honey flavor that pairs so well with carrot cake, vanilla cake, chocolate cookies and so much more!
Making American buttercream is incredibly easy. It starts with softened butter, sifted powdered sugar, and this recipe has the addition of honey and vanilla extract. Mix it up in your stand mixer until its light and fluffy, and you can use this on everything from cakes, cupcakes to cookies, brownies and more.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
Homemade Frosting: This simple honey buttercream goes with so many flavor profiles. You can use this to top any of your favorite cakes, cupcakes, brownies, or cookies.
Light & Sweet: This easy honey buttercream frosting is light and sweet. If you like vanilla frosting, but want a little something more, then you will love this homemade frosting recipe.
Easy: This honey buttercream is so simple! This is a classic American buttercream recipe with the addition of honey. It whips up in your stand mixer in just a few minutes and it’s ready to use!
Ingredients
- Butter: I use Organic Valley Salted Butter, you can use your favorite. Be sure your butter is soft, room temperature!
- Powdered Sugar: I use organic powdered sugar, be sure its sifted well so your frosting is smooth and creamy.
- Honey: I use organic raw honey, which provides natural sweetness in this homemade frosting.
- Vanilla Extract: Use a high quality vanilla extract, not imitation.
Tools Needed
- Scale: Always use a digital food scale for the best results.
- Stand Mixer: I use my stand mixer because it's hands free. You can use a hand mixer if you prefer, but I think it it's so much easier with a stand mixer!
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, powdered sugar, honey, and vanilla extract.
Step 2
Mix on low until combined, then speed mixer up to high and mix for 1 to 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Use on cake, cupcakes, cookies, and more.
How to Use Honey Buttercream Frosting
Snack Cakes
This frosting recipe is a perfect topping for an 8×8-inch snack cake or a 9×9-inch snack cake. You can also use this Honey Buttercream for an 8-inch round or 9-inch round one layer cake.
Layer Cakes
This Honey Buttercream Frosting recipe can be used for layer cakes. This recipe will be enough for a two layer 6-inch cake or a three layer 6-inch cake. If you have a 8-inch or 9-inch layer cake, you should double the recipe.
Cupcakes
This recipe will frost a dozen cupcakes. If you’re making more, you can double or triple it by hitting the 2x or 3x button on the recipe card.
Loaf Cakes
You can use this Honey Buttercream to frost your favorite loaf cake. It would be delicious with a lemon loaf, chocolate loaf, vanilla loaf, or even an orange loaf!
Cookies
This recipe will be good for about one batch of cookies. It will frost about 2 dozen small cookies or 1 dozen large cookies. You can also use it to fill sandwich cookies, it will fill about 12 to 18 small sandwich cookies.
Brownies or Blondies
If you want to add some sweetness to your brownies or blondes, this easy Honey Buttercream Frosting recipe is perfect for topping brownies. This recipe is the perfect amount for a brownie recipe made in a 9-inch or 8-inch pan. If you’re making a 9×13-inch pan of brownies, you should double the recipe.
FAQ's
No, this recipe will work any sort of honey you prefer. I always prefer raw honey as it has more health benefits to honey that has been heated, and I always call out exactly what I use in recipes! But feel free to use any honey you like.
You can use this easy Honey Buttercream Frosting recipe for everything from cakes to cupcakes and cookies to brownies! Anywhere that frosting is used, you could use this!
If you have extra frosting, store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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Honey Buttercream Frosting
Equipment
Ingredients
- 226 grams salted butter (softened)
- 454 grams powdered sugar (sifted)
- 43 grams raw honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, powdered sugar, honey, and vanilla extract.
- Mix on low until combined, then speed mixer up to high and mix for 1 to 2 minutes or until light and fluffy.
- Use on cake or cupcakes.
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