Ok everybody...When making butter cream icing do you use salted "sweet cream"butter or unsalted butter? Thanks!

Unsalted for me! I like sweets!

check out the 2 replies i received also...this is so fun!

I usually use half unsalted and half salted...or just all unsalted.

can we combine these 2 posts?

Maemae this is nuts! Just so every one knows we( maemae and rhondie ) were talking and each posted the same question without the other knowing. I still can't breath from laughing so hard. Gosh I am surprised at all the different butter preferences!

unsalted as I prefer to put my own salt.

Samsgranny... If you use unsalted and then add your own salt..How much salt do you add? Thanks!

use the butter cream dream recipe on here, its perfect!

Butter cream dream? I have never heard of it. I will go look. Thanks!

i've always used unsalted...but i guess that's where a little tasting is necessary... I made a buttercream recipe from this site and found it to be really really sweet....someone suggested adding salt...then the whole discussion started about which butter do most people use...salted or unsalted? So i guess no matter what you do...the salt is sort of the teeter totter....it may be just personal preference...

I think next time i'll make it with one stick salted and one stick unsalted...then just add salt only if necessary...(the recipe called for unsalted....but i just felt it was really sweet)

I use salted butter and still add a pinch more......cuts the sweetness.

Hi all! Since I'm a "newbie" to cake decorating (and loving every minute of it!), I've only used the Wilton buttercream recipe with all shortening. I'd love to try the buttercream dream, but would appreciate some guidelines on refrigerating. How long can a frosted cake with that much butter in the frosting sit out? Thanks for the help!

Emnjakesmom.. Welcome to this fabulous site! I still have not found the dream cream recipe. How much butter does it call for? In my buttercream recipe I use 1 stick of butter per batch and I don't refrigerate at all. I even use a table spoon of milk. I'm walking on the wildside...and never been sick due to my frosting.Ha!

I always use salted butter without adding salt and it turns out great. I also like it very sweet. Btw, I learned in HomeEc (yrs ago) that salt enhances the flavor. Since sugar is the main flavor, theoretically salt should make the icing sweeter. I have not tested this out since I like it that way. (My 2 sense.. ..lol)

I have always been told to bake with UNSALTED.

Thanks for the welcome, rhondie! It calls for 1 stick salted and 1 stick unsalted. I'm just going to have to join you on that wild side and give it a try!

rhondie, here's the recipe for the Buttercream Dream:

Serves/Yields:
Prep. Time: 7-10 min
Cook Time:
Category: Frostings
Difficulty: Easy


This recipe was made from trial and error. I made two mixtures of buttercream. One with salted butter which was too buttery (salty) and one with unsalted butter which was still too sweet. So I combined the two and it became the best buttercream I've ever tasted. I use this recipe for all of my cake orders and it is a hit every time!!!

1 stick butter (unsalted)
1 stick butter (salted)
1 cup shortening
2lb bag of confectioner's sugar
3 teaspoons clear vanilla extract
5-6 tablespoons of milk (cold)

Cream butter and shortening. Add clear vanilla extract then add confectioner's sugar. Allow confectioner's sugar to blend well then add milk. For thinner consistency, add more than 6 tablespoons of milk.
Source:
Contributed by: AgentCakeBaker on Saturday, February 18. 2006 at 12:34:07

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2123-0-Buttercream-Dream.html

HTH

I am one of the few people that uses margarine in pretty much everything I bake and icings I've made, except for Italian Meringue buttercream.

Unsalted butter and salted butter are very expensive where I live, so I use margarine whenever possible.

I use salted and I DON'T use salt in my buttercream recipe.
I used this recipe: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-1602-ButterCream-Icing-for-Frozen-Transfers.html
I make it thick and then thin it down with Vanilla Rice Dream (rice milk) it get rave reviews on it, and I even like it...and I am not a frosting girl.

Buttercreme dream is the BEST I have ever tasted!

If you have not tried it I would recommend that you do. I don't believe you will be dissappoited!

Connie

Ok, Am I the only one who uses salted butter and still adds a bit of salt? I find this waaaaayyyy cuts down on the sweetness, but still tasts good. I'm gonna give the dream cream a try..yippie!