Buttercream Frosting too sweet

Stephanie is the Head Recipe Tester of Food52.

added 7 months ago

Adding meringue make make it too soft. You can beat in more soft butter or some cream cheese to help lower the sweetness level. This should increase the amount of frosting you have and decrease the concentration of sugar, but will still keep the buttercream consistency.

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Monita is a recipe tester for Food52.

added 7 months ago

You could also try adding a flavored extract to offset the sweetness

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I vote for cream cheese. I tend to like my "butter cream" frosting with a touch of cream cheese anyway. I think it always makes for a better frosting.

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You can add a little lemon juice.

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PistachioDoughnut added 7 months ago

Okay folks, I didn't really wish to add cream cheese but guess what I finally added cream cheese. It was good not too crazy sweet. The actual recipe called for veg shortening, which I was not keen to use. Do you all like vegetable shortening in frosting..yay or nay..

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PistachioDoughnut added 7 months ago

Thanks for the suggestions..

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RedDog added 7 months ago

I usually add a dash or two of salt.

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