White Chocolate Buttercream

Make this icing, eat it and then make somemore to ice cake or cupcakes or to eat. My friend asked me to make this cake for a friend. I used the recipes on this website. The cake is super yummy to but I am just going to post the white chocolate buttercream deliciousness

One batch of this frosting will be perfect for a 2-layer cake. If you're going to use it as filling or frost a 3 or 4 layer cake, double the recipe.

Ingredients (2 cups)

• 1 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar (or more, depending on desired consistency)
• Pinch of salt
• 6 oz. good quality white chocolate, chopped (not white chocolate chips or candy melts!) (I used the ghirardelli white chocolate squares)
• 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 tsp vanilla

Instructions

• Put the chopped white chocolate into a small bowl. Heat the chocolate in 30 second increments in the microwave set to 60% power. Stir after each increment, and continue to heat 30 seconds at a time, until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Set aside and allow to completely cool.
• Once white chocolate has cooled, sift the salt and powdered sugar over the butter, in a large bowl. Cream the butter and sugar mixture together until light and fluffy, scraping the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Measure the whipping cream into a cup, and stir in the vanilla extract.
• With the mixer running on low speed, gradually pour the cream mixture the bowl.
• Once the cream mixture has been incorporated into the frosting, fold on the melted (but cooled) white chocolate until incorporated.
• Increase the mixer speed to medium-high, and beat frosting for an additional 3 minutes.

Then eat ALL of it and make some more for whatever you are doing, and thank me later.