Vegan Buttercream Frosting
Plant based, vegan buttercream frosting. Perfect for decorating cupcakes and filling cakes.
Ingredients
Frosting
- 1/2 cup (125 g) shortening at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups (300 g) dairy-free/vegan margarine chilled
- 3 1/4 cups (500 g) icing sugar confectioners’
- 3 tsp (3 tsp) vanilla extract vanilla bean paste
- 2 tbsp (2 tbsp) plant-based milk I use almond milk (optional, but recommended)
Instructions
Frosting
- Add your shortening and margarine to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. You can also use a hand mixer for this recipe, but if you do use a hand mixer, just make sure your bowl is large. Mix on low speed to begin with, to allow everything to combine, then increase the speed to high. Mix on high speed for 5 minutes, or until the mixture is fluffy and turns pale in colour.
- Stop your mixer and scrape down the side of the bowl using a spatula. Add the icing sugar and vanilla, and mix on low speed.
- Once all the dry ingredients are incorporated, it’s safe to turn your mixer up to high speed. Beat for about 5–6 minutes, or until the mixture turns pale in colour and becomes fluffy again. If you want to soften your buttercream and make it a little smoother, add the milk and continue mixing for another couple of minutes on medium speed. It’s also at this stage that you can add any food flavourings or food-gel colourings.
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Notes
For chocolate-flavoured vegan buttercream, simply add 170g (1 ½ cups) melted and cooled vegan chocolate.
My cake recipes often call for more than one batch of frosting. Depending on the size of your mixing bowl, you may need to split the frosting into two batches when flavouring and colouring it.
Frosting can be stored in an airtight container for up to two weeks.
To freshen up this frosting simple thaw at room temperature for 1 hour and re-whip using a stand mixer and paddle attachment
Nutrition
Serving:20g | Calories:123kcal | Carbohydrates:20g | Protein:1g | Fat:5g | Saturated Fat:1g | Polyunsaturated Fat:0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat:0.1g | Trans Fat:0.1g | Cholesterol:0.1mg | Sodium:1mg | Potassium:0.1mg | Fiber:0.1g | Sugar:19g | Vitamin A:0.1IU | Vitamin C:0.1mg | Calcium:0.1mg | Iron:1mg
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