Champagne Frosting | Julie Blanner

My straightforward Champagne Buttercream Frosting provides a contact of class to any dessert. This fluffy topping with a contact of champagne can flip any cookie, cake, or cupcake into the right addition for a celebration.

Whether or not it’s for a birthday, bridal bathe, New 12 months’s Eve, Valentine’s Day or an everyday Tuesday, this frosting will elevate any candy deal with into one thing really particular. 

This recipe begins with a easy American-style buttercream—unsalted butter and confectioner’s sugar—whipped into a lightweight and velvety frosting earlier than being flavored with vanilla and the champagne of your selection. For this specific recipe, I favor a rose champagne and a little bit purple meals coloring to make it a reasonably pink. However be happy to make use of your favourite bubbles and coloration it in keeping with the event. 

I additionally love how versatile champagne icing is—whether or not I’m topping a basic vanilla cake, a wealthy chocolate cupcake, and even sugar cookies, the fragile floral notes of champagne takes this creamy frosting to the subsequent degree. 

Attempt topping my Pink Champagne Cupcakes with this easy frosting and use the remainder of the open bottle of bubbles in my Champagne Margaritas.

Components

• Unsalted Butter — Softened butter creates the wealthy, creamy base for the frosting.
• Powdered Sugar — Sweetens the frosting whereas giving it construction and smoothness.
• Champagne or Glowing Wine — A dry Champagne works greatest, you possibly can prepare dinner it down a bit earlier than including to accentuate the flavour. 
• Vanilla Extract — Provides heat and enhances the general taste.
• Meals Coloring (elective) — A drop of pale pink or gold can provide the frosting a glamorous contact.

The Finest Champagne to Bake With

• Your favourite rosé! However really, any bubbles will do. No have to splurge.
• Brut Nature
• Further Brut
• Brut
• Demi-Sec – medium dry
• Doux – candy

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