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Homemade Buttercream Icing

Step 7: Butter

Step 7: Butter

Cut 3 and 1/2 sticks of room temperature butter into several uniform pieces. Piece by piece add the butter to the meringue. At one point it may appear to curdle, no fear keep beating and it will come back together into a smooth and creamy frosting.

Step 1: Sugar/ H2OStep 2: Vanilla BeanStep 3: Egg WhitesStep 4: 240Step 5: Sugar into EggsStep 6: Ice BathStep 7: Butter

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