{"id":1035,"date":"2015-07-17T19:30:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2015-07-17T19:31:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T19:31:27","slug":"frosting-vanilla-buttercream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"Frosting: Vanilla Buttercream and Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Makes 24 servings (About 3 cups)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>4-1\/2 cups confectioners&#8217; sugar<\/li>\n<li>1-1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>5 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in the confectioners&#8217; sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Variations<\/strong><br \/>\nAlmond: Use 1\/2 to 3\/4 teaspoon almond extract instead of the vanilla.<\/p>\n<p>Chocolate: Use 4 cups confectioners&#8217; sugar, 1\/2 cup baking cocoa and 6-7 tablespoons milk.<\/p>\n<p>Lemon: Use 5-6 tablespoons lemon juice instead of the milk and 1 teaspoon grated peel.<\/p>\n<p>Orange: Use 5-6 tablespoons orange juice instead of the milk and add 1 teaspoon grated orange peel.<\/p>\n<p>Peanut Butter: Use 1\/2 cup peanut butter instead of the butter and use 6-8 tablespoons milk.<\/p>\n<p>Peppermint: Use 1\/2 to 3\/4 teaspoon peppermint extract instead of the vanilla.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/easy-vanilla-buttercream-frosting\" target=\"_blank\">TasteOfHome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Makes 24 servings (About 3 cups) Ingredients 1\/2 cup butter, softened 4-1\/2 cups confectioners&#8217; sugar 1-1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 5 to 6 tablespoons 2% milk Procedure In a large bowl, beat butter until creamy. Beat in the confectioners&#8217; sugar, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Variations Almond: Use 1\/2 to 3\/4 teaspoon almond &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/?p=1035\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,28,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"entry","1":"post","2":"publish","3":"author-mishka","4":"post-1035","6":"format-standard","7":"category-baking","8":"category-cupcake-collection","9":"category-recipes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1037,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions\/1037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mishka.millefiori.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}