Creamy Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups butter, softened
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• in a large bowl, whip the butter on high speed, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl. whip until double in volume. this takes a very long time, approximately 10 minutes.
• while still whipping, drizzle in the heavy cream. continue whipping until the mixture is stiff, approximately 2 to 4 minutes.
• add 1/2 of the confectioners sugar and whip until smooth. at this point, you can taste the frosting and determine if you would like to add more sugar to sweeten to taste.
• thickly frosts top and sides of two 9 inch cakes.