Rich and creamy strawberry buttercream frosting packed with amazing strawberry flavor. Perfect for frosting cakes, cupcakes, cookies and more!
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The Best Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
It doesn’t get better than fresh berry recipes 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.
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 it a little thicker and more suitable for piping, I’d recommend using freeze dried strawberries. It 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. It’s perfect to use for all your delicious spring and summer desserts!
Ingredients
This recipe 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
- 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 it 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
To thicken your strawberry frosting, I would suggest using freeze dried strawberries. If you use fresh strawberries, it will be thinner and less stiff. The picture above shows the difference in consistency for the two methods.
If you’re wanting to pipe the frosting, I definitely recommend using freeze dried strawberries so that it will be able to hold a point. Just pulse them in a blender before adding them in.
Ways to Use
- Cakes: It pairs wonderfully with a vanilla cake or strawberry sheet 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 it on top of vanilla cupcakes or chocolate cupcakes. The color looks so pretty and I always love to add a fresh strawberry slice for garnish.
- Cookies: It 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!
Have more berries to use? Try these other best strawberry desserts, homemade strawberry jam or strawberry crepes!
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Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
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
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Where did you get the fabulous fluted cake stand?
I found it at Costco a few years ago! :)
Hello! I found this on Pinterest and am making the frosting tomorrow. Should I refrigerate it?
Hi Aline! Yes, for about an hour or so. :)
Love this! yum yum. Might have to try this recipe. It looks better than mine!
This cake looked so lovely I just had to make it!! However, I had a terrible time with the frosting!! Not the flavor….that was so, so good – but the consistency. I followed your directions to the letter but no matter how much powdered sugar I added it remained too thin. The end result although delicious was a cake decorating nightmare. Any ideas on where I may have gone wrong?
Hey Maria! The only thing I can think of is maybe the strawberries were too ripe or they were mashed too much watering down the frosting. Mine wasn’t too thick or thin. I hope that helps a little. It is super yummy huh? :) Have a great weekend! xo
An even better strawberry frosting is:
1 c. strawberries chopped finely
1 c. sugar
1 egg white
Combine strawberries and sugar; let sit for 30 minutes until juices flow. Add egg white. Beat with mixer for 8-10 minutes until stiff peaks form.
I’ll have to try that! Do you need to refrigerate with the egg? Thanks for sharing.
That looks really yummy!
That looks so good! I’ll have to try your strawberry cream frosting after we’ve gone berry picking. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Strawberry cake—-it’s my favorite, going to have to try this version! Thanks for sharing!
The cake looks deeeelish, but I have to know where you got that adorable cake stand??? I want it!!
Thanks Kerry! I got it from Costco a few months ago. :)
Looks yummy. My wife would love that as her birthday cake.
looks divine!!
kisses
heather
I have been known to eat spoonfulls of frosting from the bowl myself. And then I have to make more to frost my cake, haha! This cake looks so lovelyband strawberry frosting sounds perfect!
Hi That cake looks awesome. Am i correct in that you use 2 pkgs of cake mix and use an entire pkg in each layer?
Thanks!
Thanks Rachelle! Yes I used 1 package for each layer for a nice thick cake. You could divide it into 3 round pans and get a 3 layer cake… which I may do next time. :)
Delicious! I’d be eating that frosting out of the bowl too ;)
Oh my gosh Jamielyn, that looks so good! I love strawberries too. Making this on Friday! Thanks for sharing.
This looks incredible! My grandmother used to make a strawberry cake that looks just like that icing – yum!
This looks amazing Jamielyn! I’m seriously tempted to make up a small batch of the frosting just so I can eat it by the spoonful. :)