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Gingerbread Buttercream
If you’re a fan of gingerbread men then you’ll love this delicious, smooth gingerbread buttercream, flavoured with ginger and black treacle.
Active Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
INGREDIENTS
- 225 g butter - soft at room temperature
- 450 g icing sugar
- 4 tbsp black treacle
- 1 tbsp ground ginger
- A little milk
INSTRUCTIONS
- Cut the butter (225g) into cubes and beat in an electric mixer on a low speed until soft.
- Add the icing sugar (450g) and beat until fully combined – I prefer to add the sugar a couple of spoonfuls at a time as this minimises the amount of sugar that flies out all over the kitchen.
- Add the black treacle (4 tbsp) a tbsp at a time and beat until fully combined.
- Add the ground ginger (1 tbsp) and again beat until fully combined.
- Check the consistency of your buttercream, if it seems a little too firm to pipe then add a little milk (no more than a tsp at a time) until you have the required consistency.
- Your buttercream is now ready to use.
NOTES
Makes enough for 12 cupcakes or to over and fill a 20cm layer cake.
Take a look at my mix-and-match cupcake index to find lots of different flavour cupcake sponges to serve this on, as well as lots of other buttercream recipe inspiration.
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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Calories: 306kcal | Carbohydrates: 41.2g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 15.4g | Saturated Fat: 9.8g | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 40.8g
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