Name: Strawberry Frosting Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup salted butter (, softened); 4 to 5 cups powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1-2 Tablespoons heavy cream or milk (, more as needed); 1 cup strawberries (, finely chopped)

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting – Rich and creamy frosting packed with amazing strawberry flavor. Perfect for frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more!

It doesn’t get better than strawberry desserts in the summer time. The light and refreshing flavors are perfect for warm weather and the strawberries are super crisp and juicy. This strawberry buttercream is a favorite, as well as fresh strawberry pie, strawberry rhubarb crisp, strawberry crumb bars and strawberry shortcake biscuits.

Strawberry frosting

If strawberries are your favorite fruit like they are mine, you are going to be obsessed with this strawberry frosting! It’s perfectly creamy and rich, with amazing strawberry flavor. You’ll definitely want to eat it straight from the bowl. ;)

Now that strawberries are in season, feel free to use fresh strawberries, however your frosting will have a thinner consistency. To make the strawberry frosting a little thicker and more suitable for piping, I’d recommend using freeze dried strawberries. The strawberry frosting stiffens up better and will hold it’s shape on cakes and cupcakes.

I love how pretty the strawberry frosting looks and how vibrant it’s color is. I also love to add a fresh sliced strawberry on top for extra garnish. This strawberry frosting is perfect to use for all your delicious spring and summer desserts!

What’s in strawberry frosting?

This delicious strawberry buttercream frosting requires only 5 simple ingredients! Check them out below.

Salted butter
Powdered sugar
Vanilla extract
Heavy cream or milk
Strawberries (fresh or freeze dried)

How to make strawberry frosting

Scroll down for the printable homemade strawberry frosting recipe.

Whip the butter. In a large mixing bowl, whip the butter. Slowly add in 2 cups of powdered sugar and mix until combined.
Add vanilla and powdered sugar. Add vanilla and 1 more cup of powdered sugar and continue mixing. You may need to add a teaspoon or two of milk to thin the frosting down.
Adjust consistency as needed. Add in your last cup of powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add more or less milk depending on the consistency. You want the strawberry frosting to be thick, creamy and able to hold a point.
Fold in strawberries. Then fold your strawberries in. If you are wanting to pipe this frosting, I would recommend using freeze dried, so it will become stiffer.

How to thicken strawberry frosting

To thicken your strawberry frosting, I would suggest using freeze dried strawberries. If you use fresh strawberries, your frosting will be thinner and less stiff. The picture above shows the difference in consistency for the two methods.

If you’re wanting to pipe this strawberry frosting, I definitely recommend using freeze dried strawberries so that your frosting will be able to hold a point. Just pulse them in a blender before adding to the frosting.

Ways to use strawberry frosting

Cakes: This strawberry frosting pairs wonderfully with a vanilla cake. Sometimes I use a box mix if I’m in a pinch and it still tastes delicious! It would also taste amazing on a chocolate cake or Neapolitan cake.

Cupcakes: I love to pipe the strawberry frosting on top of vanilla or chocolate cupcakes. The color looks so pretty and I always love to add a fresh strawberry slice for garnish.

Cookies: This strawberry frosting would taste amazing on top of sugar cookies or sugar cookie bars. Talk about a match made in heaven!

Snack: One of my favorite childhood snacks was graham crackers dipped in buttercream frosting. Seriously the most delicious thing ever!

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Strawberry Frosting Recipe

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings:

Calories: 144

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting - Rich and creamy frosting packed with amazing strawberry flavor. Perfect for frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more!

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Ingredients

1 cup salted butter , softened
4 to 5 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-2 Tablespoons heavy cream or milk , more as needed
1 cup strawberries , finely chopped

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, whip the butter. Slowly add in 2 cups of powdered sugar. Mix until combined.
Add the vanilla and 1 more cup of powdered sugar and continue mixing. At this point you may need to add a teaspoon or two of milk to thin the frosting down.
Add in your last cup of powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add more or less milk depending on the consistency. You want the strawberry frosting to be thick, creamy and to be able to hold a point.
Fold in the strawberries. If you are wanting to pipe this frosting, I would recommend using freeze dried, so it will become stiffer.

Notes

You can use fresh or freeze dried strawberries for this recipe. Using fresh strawberries will make the frosting thinner. If you're wanting to pipe this frosting, I definitely recommend using freeze dried strawberries. Pulse them in a blender before adding to the frosting.