A delicious, sweet, coffee flavoured buttercream frosting made in under 10 minutes! Add to muffins, cupcakes and cakes.
About this Recipe
This coffee buttercream is one of my favorites. It tastes just like coffee and it is really easy to change the strength of the coffee flavor by adding less or more. I used this buttercream to frost a 7″ coffee and walnut cake but you can also use it for cupcakes and muffins.
When I first considered making coffee buttercream I thought it would be difficult and complex but after some research, I realized that it was super simple to make! Seriously, you do not have to be an expert baker to pull off this buttercream. All you need is a few simple ingredients and you are good to go!
Coffee Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- Unsalted butter – You will need room temperature unsalted butter for this recipe.
- Icing sugar – Sift icing sugar before combining with butter.
- Instant coffee – Use your favourite instant coffee for this recipe
- Hot water – This is used to dissolve the instant coffee
How to Make Coffee Buttercream Frosting
- Whisk unsalted butter in a large bowl for 1 minute.
- Add half of the sifted icing sugar to the butter and whisk for 3 minutes. Then, add the remaining icing sugar and whisk for another 3 minutes.
- Finally, add the instant coffee and hot water mix. Whisk for 2-3 more minutes.
Storage
Refrigerate coffee buttercream an airtight container for 3-4 days. You can also freeze it for 2-3 months.
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How to Make Coffee Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 300 g of unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 500 g of icing sugar (sifted)
- 2-5 tsp of instant coffee depending on how strong you want the coffee flavour to be
- Hot water
Instructions
- Whisk unsalted butter in a large bowl for 1 minute.
- Add half of the sifted icing sugar to the butter and whisk for 3 minutes. Then, add the remaining icing sugar and whisk for another 3 minutes.
- Finally, add the instant coffee and hot water mix. Whisk for 2-3 more minutes.
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