Strawberry Buttercream

Strawberry Buttercream – An easy and beautiful pink frosting filled with fresh strawberries. Perfect on cake, cupcakes, brownies and more!

Oh, hi! It’s just me, bringing you a bowl overflowing with swirly pink frosting. Wouldn’t you love to drag a spoon right through that deliciousness up there? Strawberry Buttercream frosting is what spring and summer dreams are made of. Let’s put it on anything and everything. K?

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

This Strawberry Buttercream became a regular in our dessert rotation once our daughter decided at the ripe age of 2 that she was obsessed with all things PINK! Since she has a summer birthday I have made it a tradition of always serving Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream Frosting at her birthday celebrations.

This is the perfect way to make a pretty pink frosting without any food coloring. Yep, you read that right – no food coloring. Real strawberries bring the beautiful pink color to our frosting. And every bite is bursting with the flavor of sweet fresh strawberries.

Update: I recently started using freeze dried strawberries in order to make this frostig when strawberries are not in season. Crush freeze dried strawberries until they form a powder (I use a food processor), then sift out the seeds and add the powder into the frosting. The freeze dried strawberries add a deeper, more intense strawberry flavor, they also make the frosting a bit darker, too. If you can’t get freeze dried strawberries, you can leave them out  – just make sure your fresh strawberries and sweet, ripe and juicy.

Strawberry Buttercream

• Butter
• Powdered Sugar
• Fresh Strawberry Puree
• Freeze Dried Strawberries (optional, but highly recommended)
• Strawberry Jam
• Vanilla extract

The above ingredients are combined using a hand mixer or stand mixer until smooth, creamy and fluffy. You can easily adjust the consistency by adding more strawberry puree to thin it out or more powdered sugar to thicken it up.

Now to the big question… What should we put this Strawberry Buttercream Frosting on?

Strawberry Cupcakes
Brownies
Chocolate Cupcakes
Sugar Cookies
Vanilla Cake or Cupcakes (box mix or homemade)
And more!

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Strawberry Buttercream

An easy recipe for buttercream frosting filled with fresh strawberries. This frosting is all natural, with no dyes or artificial coloring. It's delicious on cake, cupcakes, brownies and more!

Course Dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Servings 2 cups (enough to generously frost 12 cupcakes or a single layer 8 or 9 inch cake)

Calories 223kcal

Author Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter softened, 12 tablespoons
• 3 cups powdered sugar sifted if lumpy, plus more if needed
• 1/2 cup freeze dried strawberries optional (see note)
• 3 tablespoons fresh strawberry puree see note
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 generous tablespoon strawberry jam

Instructions

• If using freeze dried strawberries: In a small food processor, blend freeze dried strawberries until they turn into powder. Pour the powder into a fine mesh sieve, discarding the solids and seeds, keeping the fine powder that came through the sieve. Measure out two tablespoons of the powder to use in the frosting. Proceed below. 
• With a hand mixer, or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter for 2 minutes, until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl and the beater as necessary. Add the powdered sugar, 1/2 a cup at a time, beating until combined. 
• Add freeze dried strawberry powder (if using), strawberry puree, vanilla extract and jam, and beat on medium speed until fully combined, being sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl and beater as needed. If necessary, adjust the consistency by adding more powdered sugar to thicken, or more strawberry puree to thin it out. Place in a piping bag, or use an offset spatula to frost cake or cupcakes.

Notes

To make fresh strawberry puree: Place about 5-7 chopped strawberries into a mini food processor and blend until pureed. TIP: If you are also using freeze dried strawberries, blend those in the food processor first, then remove them and add the fresh strawberries.

Freeze dried strawberries: Adding the freeze dried strawberries adds a deeper strawberry flavor and a darker pink color. I especially recommend using these if you are using fresh strawberries that are not super sweet, ripe and flavorful. 

Nutrition

Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 3mg | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 3mg

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