Several weeks ago I found a killer deal on fresh raspberries. I bought several flats and made homemade raspberry jam. I had some leftover, so I had fun coming up with recipes using raspberries.
This frosting was quick and easy, and it was a big winner! I just tweaked my favorite buttercream frosting recipe, and Raspberry Buttercream Frosting was born. It is delicious!
I used it to frost some vanilla cupcakes, and it made them extra special. I tried piping the frosting on in a rose design, but the frosting isn’t quite thick enough. I ended up liking the ones just spread with frosting and garnished with raspberries the best.
The raspberries make the frosting a gorgeous pink color, and of course they make it taste amazing. I hope you’ll give it a try! I will not judge if you decide to forgo the cupcakes and just eat the frosting from the bowl. 🙂
Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
Raspberry Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- ½ cup soft butter
- ⅓ fresh raspberries more or less
- dash of salt
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar more or less
Instructions
- Beat butter till smooth and creamy. Add about half of the raspberries, the salt, and the vanilla.
- Beat in about half of the powdered sugar. Continue beating in raspberries and powdered sugar till you get a smooth consistency.
- The raspberries will thin the frosting, the powdered sugar will thicken it.
Notes
Nutrition
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Yum! I have lots of raspberries in my freezer so I’ll have to try this! Thanks for sharing!
Lucky you, I wish I had lots of raspberries left! Let me know how it turns out with the frozen berries. 🙂
Oh that looks soooo good! I’m so sad that my oven is broken but heck I can still make me some frosting! 🙂
Haha, yes you can. And this stuff is good enough to eat without being bothered by making cake. LOL!