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Easy Fluffy Buttercream

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Fluffy Buttercream
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Course Desserts

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/2 cup coffee creamer in flavor of buttercream
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla bean paste
  • 1 lb sifted confectioners sugar
  • 8 oz unsalted softened butter
  • 8 oz hi-ratio shortening

Instructions
 

  • Start with half of the liquids in a bowl of the mixer.
  • Add in all the confectioners’ sugar at once.
  • Mix on low to get started and once absorbed, turn it up to medium speed.
  • Add your paste or flavorings at this point. Let it mix for 10 minutes.
  • Stop the mixer and scrape the bowl.
  • Turn it back on low to medium-low and add the butter a stick at a time. Let the butter absorb, before adding the next stick. Turn the mixer to medium speed.
  • Add the sweetex or hi-ratio shortening in chunks.
  • Let it mix on medium to medium-high speed for 7 minutes.
  • Stop the mixer and scrape the bowl.
  • Turn it down to the lowest setting and slowly pour in the remaining liquids.
  • Once sort of absorbed, turn up the mixer to medium and then to high.
  • Mix for 2-3 minutes.
  • Scrape well and taste for sweetness.

Notes

  • Store in a container covered in the fridge for two weeks our outside fridge for up to a week.