Perfect White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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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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55 Comments

  1. Margie says:

    Sounds delicious. How many cupcakes or how big of a cake will this cover?

  2. Joan Hayes says:

    Robyn, these look HEAVENLY! The raspberries on top just did me in, definitely making these!

  3. Kate @ Framed Cooks says:

    This is one of those recipes that I am going to print out and keep FOREVER because I always seems to be searching for the perfect frosting recipe. And I just love that raspberry drizzle! Hope Murphy is feeling much much better! xo

  4. amanda says:

    Oh my word! This looks amazing!!!

  5. Linda says:

    5 stars
    Thanks so much Robin, I just love your recipes and you are one of my favorite websites to go when I need something scrumptious!

  6. bakare jumoke fatimah says:

    Yummy. Nice one.

  7. Continia Bobo says:

    5 stars
    These lil gems look totally ravishing…..looks like a great recipe for wedding cupcakes 🙂 thanks for the new recipe for my repertoire.

  8. Gaby says:

    Oh my goodness!!! I would love a lot of this and a little cake 🙂

  9. John says:

    These sound wonderful! I think preparing them will be our family adventure this weekend. Wish us luck!

  10. Tori@Gringalicious.com says:

    These look wonderful! The frosting is the best part, and WHITE CHOCOLATE frosting! Yum!!!