Shortcut Italian Buttercream

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter
• 1 (16 ounce) jar marshmallow cream
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cut butter into roughly 1-inch pieces; beat with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy.
• 2 add marshmallow fluff and beat until smooth, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
• 3 add confectioner's sugar and vanilla, beating again until light and fluffy. add more sugar, if necessary, to adjust the texture to spreading consistency.
• 4 for chocolate buttercream, add 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder when you add the confectioner's sugar.