Strawberry Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Servings: 3 Total Time: 10 mins
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Let me teach you how to make naturally flavored (and naturally colored) strawberry buttercream frosting. The secret is to replace some confectioners’ sugar with freeze-dried strawberry powder. This strawberry buttercream is ultra creamy and smooth, with loads of real strawberry flavor.

Let’s talk about how to make naturally flavored, naturally pink strawberry buttercream frosting.

Have you ever tried making frosting with fresh strawberries? I have, and the results were disastrous. I chopped up the strawberries, even blotted the moisture a little bit, pureed them, and then added it to a vanilla frosting. The buttercream instantly curdled as a result of the excess moisture—yuck! Same thing happened with strawberry jam, which also made the frosting too sweet.

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting (6 Ingredients)

Grind the freeze-dried strawberries into powder using a food processor or blender:

Success Tip for Super-Smooth Strawberry Buttercream:

If you prefer a smoother strawberry buttercream, with none of the teeny-tiny seeds, you can sift out the seeds and larger pieces of the ground freeze-dried strawberries with a fine mesh sieve, and use just the super-fine strawberry dust. If I have an extra minute, I usually do this.

The rest of the recipe is similar to making regular vanilla buttercream or chocolate buttercream. You’ll need a handheld or stand mixer.

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I also halve the recipe and use it to fill these chocolate covered strawberry cupcakes.

Strawberry Frosting Variations

If you love strawberry buttercream frosting, you’ll also love these delicious variations!

  • Strawberry cream cheese frosting from this strawberry cake
  • White chocolate strawberry buttercream from these white chocolate strawberry cupcakes
  • Nutella-strawberry swirl buttercream from my Valentine’s Day cupcakes

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting Recipe

Prep Time 10 mins Total Time 10 mins Servings: 3
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Instructions

  1. Using a food processor or blender, process the freeze-dried strawberries into a powdery crumb. You should have around 1/2 cup. If it’s not grinding down fine enough, you can sift it with a fine mesh sieve to rid larger seeds/pieces. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle or whisk attachment, beat the butter on medium-high speed until creamy, about 2 minutes. Add confectioners’ sugar, strawberry powder, heavy cream/milk, and vanilla. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds, then switch to high speed and beat for 2 minutes. Taste. Add 1–2 more Tablespoons of heavy cream/milk if needed to thin out, if desired. (I usually add at least 1 more.) Add a pinch of salt if frosting is too sweet.
  3. Use immediately or cover tightly and store for up to 1 week in the refrigerator or up to 3 months in the freezer. After freezing, thaw in the refrigerator then beat the frosting on medium speed for a few seconds so it’s creamy again. After thawing or refrigerating, beating in a splash of heavy cream or milk will help thin the frosting out again, if needed. (It stiffens in the refrigerator.)
Keywords: confectioners-sugar, freeze dried strawberries, heavy cream
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