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Updated: June 19th, 2020

I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner, but replacing the milk/cream with buttermilk in homemade frosting is seriously amazing. It’s not obviously tangy. It just balances out the extreme sweetness that is American Buttercream so well. Looks really cute with sprinkles on top too!

Kitchen tools
1 ea	Hand mixer
1 ea	Round piping tip
Ingredients
1 ea	Sprinkles (optional)
1 Cup	Butter, salted, room temperature
4 Cups	Powdered sugar
2 tsp	Vanilla extract
3 Tbsp	Buttermilk, room temperature

Cupcakes with buttermilk vanilla buttercream frosting

Beat softened butter and powdered sugar together for a few minutes until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and buttermilk and continue beating for another minute.

Pipe or frost cupcakes, add sprinkles if desired, and serve.