Easy Homemade Vanilla Frosting Recipe

It’s hard to believe, but we are now into the year 2017. One of my New Year’s resolutions for this year is to eat less processed foods and to make more of our foods & meals from scratch. It’s part of my plan to eat even more healthier than I already do, but yet…still enjoy some sweet treats now & then too!

During the year I’ll be sharing a lot of recipes with all of you that are simple to make, only require a few ingredients and will hopefully get us all to make more of our foods from scratch!

This easy-to-make homemade vanilla frosting recipe is pretty easy to whip up. You can use it to top off freshly baked cupcakes, brownies, cakes or even spread it on a loaf of artisan sweet bread. Depending on what you’re making, you may have to double up the recipe. In addition, check out my flavor variations below the recipe for some additional options.

Easy Homemade Vanilla Frosting Recipe

1/3 cup butter, softened (not margarine)
3 cups sifted confectioners’ 10X sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 to 4 tablespoons cold milk

In a medium-sized mixing bowl beat together the softened butter and the confectioners’ 10X sugar until creamy & fluffy. Beat in the vanilla extract and cold milk. Note: You may need to use less or more milk, so only beat in one tablespoon at a time until the frosting is the consistency that you like. Once it’s fluffy and creamy, it’s ready for spreading.

Tips: If you want to flavor your frosting with something else, you’ll want to replace the vanilla extract with a different extract. For example: I sometimes will replace it with orange extract, chocolate extract or lemon extract, depending on the flavor that I’m trying to achieve.