Once you learn the differences between meringues and what you should look out for, buttercream can be straightforward and easy to work with.
Here is a quick breakdown on buttercreams and all the different versions
Buttercream is a frosting that uses butter as the primary fat. That prominent buttery flavour you get from each bite? The butter. It also gives that creamy texture and stability.
It is all up to personal taste, but you can rank each buttercream by sugar levels (how sweet you like it).
This is the most common and simple type of buttercream to make. It’s made with butter, powdered sugar, and milk or cream. This buttercream is very sweet, and stiff. This one is ideal for piping and decorating as it forms a very light crust.
This one isn’t as sweet as American Buttercream, but it is very silky, and stable, making it the perfect covering for wedding cakes. This style is made with egg whites, sugar, and butter.
This buttercream is considered the lightest and most stable. This one is less sweet and used more for delicate, high end cake decorations.
French is similar to Italian, but instead it uses the egg yolks (you could make French and Swiss buttercream without any egg waste). Used mainly for fillings for pastries, this is extremely rich and creamy.
Also known as flour buttercream, this is a cooked frosting made with flour, milk, butter, and sugar. This buttercream has a texture similar to whipped cream and is less sweet.
Perfect for pastries, this is a custard-based buttercream that is super rich and creamy.
Made of a very simple mixture of butter and sweetened condensed milk. This one is fast to make with a strong dairy-forward flavour.
Often based on the Italian Buttercream method, this one is designed to be translucent and glossy. Commonly used for making realistic piped flowers.
Lollipop Cake Supplies has a wide range of buttercreams available in store at Eatons Hill. Including our popular Cake Cream Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Colourmill Gloss Frost, Over the Top and more!
Not a Brisbane local and want to have it delivered? Shop online with us and we can have your cake decorating supplies delivered right to your door!
Need to add some colour to your buttercream? We also have a wide range of food colours available in store and online.