Best Strawberry Buttercream Frosting with Fresh Strawberries

This strawberry buttercream frosting is the ultimate dessert accompaniment. Rich, creamy and made with fresh strawberries this is perfect with any dessert from frosting delicious cupcakes, layered cakes, between macarons or just with more fresh seasonal strawberries in a bowl. Make more in summer when strawberries are in season or use frozen any time of the year. No matter what time of the year this frosting is bound to satisfy your strawberry craving. 

The Ultimate Strawberry Buttercream Frosting, Perfect Strawberry Buttercream, 5 Minute Strawberry Frosting

If there is any frosting that I cannot stop licking my fingers, it’s this strawberry buttercream frosting. Soft, creamy, luxurious and feels like velvet on the tongue. My kids have to be told ‘don’t touch’ because they will lick their fingers.. oh my. 

This is a variation on my basic vanilla buttercream frosting which is the eggless version of my very popular velvet American buttercream which also has a version of strawberry buttercream. 

One buttercream recipe with many different flavors. 

As a cake decorator, you know I believe in giving you the tools so you can simplify the cake decorating process. By now you must have seen this recipe – one buttercream recipe with many different buttercream flavors. In that, I shared how you can create many different flavors from just one simple basic recipe. And it includes all American buttercream, Swiss meringue buttercream or Italian meringue buttercream. 

When do I use it? Well, when I have my velvet American buttercream frosting already made and I don’t mind that it has meringue powder in it then I just use some fresh fruit puree to create a strawberry or raspberry, mango, lemon, orange buttercream. You get the idea. 

Why make from scratch?

However, making a flavored buttercream from scratch has the advantage that you can control the amount of liquid which means you can control the consistency of the buttercream. 

So, the next time you want to make a delicious strawberry buttercream from scratch, with fresh strawberries. Use this recipe and you will be blown away. You think its’ just four ingredients but nah aaah..  it’s the process my friends follow this method I give you and you will be in strawberry buttercream frosting heaven. This one has the perfect consistency you need to pipe swirls, or borders around a cake. 

The Ultimate Strawberry Buttercream Frosting, Perfect Strawberry Buttercream, 5 Minute Strawberry Frosting

Recipe – Strawberry Buttercream (Save/Pin)

Useful Tips and Tools

• If you bake often, it would be a good idea to invest in a cake mixer. Because often we try to mix by hand and then we are too tired to give it enough creaming or mixing. So if you are making this buttercream go head and remove that K-Mix or Kitchen Aid from your kitchen cabinet. You don’t have to buy an expensive stand mixer, a simple hand mixer works great too.
• For buttercream mixing always use a paddle attachment so you do not incorporate too much air into the buttercream. Some recipes, however, such as meringue buttercreams, require the use of the whisk attachments.
• Having said that, a simple Bowl, whisk and Spatula with a little extra elbow grease will do too.
• Personally, I believe in weighing ingredients by weight, which makes my kitchen scaleone of the most valuable items when baking. The same goes for mymeasuring cups and measuring spoons. It’s always a good idea to have these handy and use them when baking rather than trying to guess measurements.
• After the buttercream is prepared always keep it sealed well in the fridge. This will prevent any odor from the other foods to attach itself to the buttercream. Therefore, I place my buttercream in a stainless steel storage (we try to avoid using plastic in our home). And I also cover the top surface of the buttercream with cling wrap.

The Ultimate Strawberry Buttercream Frosting, Perfect Strawberry Buttercream, 5 Minute Strawberry Frosting

Ingredients

• Unsalted butter – 228 grams (1 cup)
• Powdered sugar/Confectioners Sugar – 500 grams (4 cups)
• Crushed Strawberry Puree – 1/2 cup (about 8 to 10 whole strawberries)
• Strawberry extract – 1/2 tsp
• Vanilla extract – 1/2 tsp (optional)
• Pink food color – 2 drops

Method

• Place strawberries in a blender until smooth. (you can sieve this if you want a smooth buttercream)
• Cream the butter for two minutes until light and pale in color. 
• Add powdered sugar a little at a time
• Once all the powdered sugar is in – continue to whip for a minute more.
• Lastly, add the strawberry puree, strawberry and vanilla extract, and food color.
• Continue to mix this for three minutes on medium until it’s all well incorporated.
• This should be a good consistency to pipe swirls on cupcakes or frost around a cake.
• If necessary add one or two tablespoons of milk to the buttercream to get a medium peak consistency.

The Ultimate Strawberry Buttercream Frosting, Perfect Strawberry Buttercream, 5 Minute Strawberry Frosting

The best Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

This strawberry buttercream frosting is the ultimate dessert accompaniment. Rich, creamy and made with fresh strawberries this is perfect with any dessert from frosting delicious cupcakes, layered cakes, between macarons or just with more fresh seasonal strawberries in a bowl. Make more in summer when strawberries are in season or use frozen any time of the year. No matter what time of the year this frosting is bound to satisfy your strawberry craving. 

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, French

Keyword: Buttercream, cakes, cupcake, frosting, strawberry, summer

Adjust Servings Here: 15 cupcakes

Calories: 241kcal

Author: Veena Azmanov

Prep Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

Enough for 15 cupcakes or 2 x 8 inch layer cake

• 228 grams Butter unsalted room temperature
• 500 grams Powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup Crushed Strawberry Puree about 8 to 10 whole strawberries
• 1/2 tsp Strawberry extract
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract optional
• 2 drops Pink food color

Metric - US customary

Instructions

• Place strawberries in a blender until smooth. (you can sieve this if you want a smooth buttercream)
• Cream the butter for two minutes until light and pale in color.
• Add powdered sugar a little at a time
• Once all the powdered sugar is in - continue to whip for a minute more.
• Lastly, add the strawberry puree, strawberry and vanilla extract, and food color.
• Continue to mix this for three minutes on medium until it's all well incorporated.
• This should be a good consistency to pipe swirls on cupcakes or frost around a cake.
• If necessary add one or two tablespoons of milk to the buttercream to get a medium peak consistency.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 32mg | Sodium: 109mg | Potassium: 15mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 7.6% | Vitamin C: 5.5% | Calcium: 0.5% | Iron: 0.3%

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