Champagne Frosting | Julie Blanner

My simple Champagne Buttercream Frosting provides a contact of class to any dessert. This fluffy topping with a contact of champagne can flip any cookie, cake, or cupcake into the proper addition for a celebration.

Whether or not it’s for a birthday, bridal bathe, New Yr’s Eve, Valentine’s Day or a daily Tuesday, this frosting will elevate any candy deal with into one thing actually particular. 

This recipe begins with a easy American-style buttercream—unsalted butter and confectioner’s sugar—whipped into a lightweight and velvety frosting earlier than being flavored with vanilla and the champagne of your alternative. For this explicit recipe, I want a rose champagne and slightly purple meals coloring to make it a fairly pink. However be happy to make use of your favourite bubbles and coloration it in line with the event. 

I additionally love how versatile champagne icing is—whether or not I’m topping a traditional vanilla cake, a wealthy chocolate cupcake, and even sugar cookies, the fragile floral notes of champagne takes this creamy frosting to the subsequent stage. 

Attempt topping my Pink Champagne Cupcakes with this straightforward frosting and use the remainder of the open bottle of bubbles in my Champagne Margaritas.

Elements

• Unsalted Butter — Softened butter creates the wealthy, creamy base for the frosting.
• Powdered Sugar — Sweetens the frosting whereas giving it construction and smoothness.
• Champagne or Glowing Wine — A dry Champagne works greatest, you possibly can prepare dinner it down a bit earlier than including to accentuate the flavour. 
• Vanilla Extract — Provides heat and enhances the general taste.
• Meals Coloring (elective) — A drop of pale pink or gold may give the frosting a glamorous contact.

The Finest Champagne to Bake With

• Your favourite rosé! However actually, any bubbles will do. No must splurge.
• Brut Nature
• Additional Brut
• Brut
• Demi-Sec – medium dry
• Doux – candy

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