Medium consistency buttercream is the most versatile of the three. It’s often used for borders such as stars, dots and shells, as well as other decorations that will remain relatively flat. It can also be used to pipe cupcake swirls and dam borders around cake layers.
Prepare the vanilla buttercream frosting recipe as directed. Once all the sugar has been added, add 1 teaspoon of your liquid ingredient (milk, cream or water) for each cup of stiff frosting.
You can test your buttercream by doing a similar spatula test. When you lift the buttercream out of the bowl with the spatula, it should have a slight curve in the peak.
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