White chocolate buttercream frosting makes a delicious frosting recipe for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and so many more sweet treats! This simple recipe will become a favorite! 

White chocolate buttercream frosting makes a delicious frosting recipe for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and so many more sweet treats! This simple recipe will become a favorite! // addapinch.com

There’s just something about white chocolate buttercream frosting that is perfect when paired with a rich dark or milk chocolate cake or cupcake I think. But seriously, you can spread a thin layer on a cookie or a graham cracker and it still makes for a mighty delicious sweet treat! 

The other day I made cupcakes for my youngest nephew Murphy who had an injury and needed a little cheering up. I knew how much he loved my chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream so I decided to make those as cupcakes for him. I made a few additional ones for my house since we were having guests the next night for supper and decided to top ours with my white chocolate buttercream along with a drizzle of my raspberry sauce and a few fresh raspberries to dress them up a bit.

Let me just go ahead and profess my undying love for the combination of raspberries and chocolate, but raspberries with raspberry sauce, white chocolate and chocolate chocolate? That, my friends, is absolute heaven!

Here’s my White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting recipe. I hope you absolutely love it!

Perfect White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

4.73 from 11 votes
White chocolate buttercream frosting makes a delicious frosting recipe for cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and so many more sweet treats! This simple recipe will become a favorite!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients 

  • 1/2 cup (85 g) white chocolate chip morsels
  • 1/3 cup (75 g) milk
  • 1 cup (226 g) butter, softened
  • 5 cups (568 g) confectioner’s sugar
  • 1/4 cup (57 g) milk
  • 2 teaspoons (9 g) vanilla extract

Instructions 

  • Add the white chocolate chips and 1/3 cup of milk to a glass, microwave safe bowl. Heat in the microwave at 50% in 30 second intervals, stirring each time, until the the white chocolate is smooth. Allow to cool.
  • Cream butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Stir in melted and cooled white chocolate and then gradually add in confectioner’s sugar, about 1 cup at a time. Then add in milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, followed by vanilla. Beat on high for about 1 to 3 minutes until the buttercream frosting is smooth, fluffy and will hold a peak.

Notes

Makes about 5 cups of frosting, enough for a 2 or 3 layer 9-inch round cake. 
If you want to make the buttercream frosting ahead, place it into an airtight container and refrigerate. When ready to use, let the frosting come to room temperature, then beat it again with the mixer until fluffy.

Nutrition

Calories: 190kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 67mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 247IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.03mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Enjoy!
Robyn xo

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53 Comments

    1. Emma, the buttercream frosting can be stored at room temperature for about 3 to 4 days or you can store it in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks. Place it in an airtight container to store it. When ready to use, let it come to room temperature, then whip it until fluffy. You can also freeze the buttercream frosting. Put the frosting in a freezer safe, airtight food storage container and freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to use after freezing, remove from freezer and place it in the fridge overnight to thaw, and repeat steps above after refrigeration. Hope this helps!

  1. 5 stars
    just made this and it is wonderful… not too sweet. i’m a first timer and the instructions were perfect. thank you for sharing!

  2. Hi! I’m having a dinosaur theme party for my son and I’m looking for a green frosting for the cake. Do you think I can add spirulina to this frosting whitout altering the taste too much?
    Thanks!

    1. Karen,
      I’m sorry but I have never used spirulina in my frosting so I’m not sure. Maybe someone else has used it and can give you an answer.

    2. Just use food safe coloring, there’s several different colors and you can mix to obtain the desired color. I wouldn’t use spirulina, it would alter the taste.