Easy Coffee Buttercream

Name: Easy Coffee Buttercream
Yield: Makes 1 1/2 cups, enough for 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups, confectioners' sugar (5 ounces/142 grams); 1 1/2 teaspoons, instant espresso powder; Pinch, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon, heavy cream

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2005

A simple buttercream is a canvas for a vast array of variations.

SERVES Makes 1 1/2 cups, enough for 12 cupcakes

TIME 30 minutes

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