This easy pistachio buttercream is creamy, nutty, fluffy and not too sweet. Perfect for snack cakes, cupcakes, layer cakes and cookies.
Ingredients
- 225 g unsalted butter (1 cup / 8oz)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 3 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar) (390g/13 ¾oz)
- 1 cup pistachio spread (280g/9 ¾oz)
- 4-6 teaspoons whole milk
- Few drops green food colouring optional
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Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat the sugar, vanilla extract, almond extract, salt and 1 cup of icing sugar on low until the sugar starts to incorporate, then turn it up to medium-high for 2-3 minutes until lightened and creamy. Make sure to scrape down the bowl from time to time.225 g unsalted butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon almond extract, ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt, 1 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)
- Add the remaining sugar and pistachio spread and beat on low until it comes together then beat on medium until fully incorporated.2 cups icing sugar (powdered sugar), 1 cup pistachio spread
- Add enough milk to get it to a soft but pipeable consistency. You can add the green food colouring, if using, at the same time. Beat on medium just until it's incorporated.4-6 teaspoons whole milk, Few drops green food colouring
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Notes
- This pistachio buttercream recipe makes about 2 ½ cups which is enough to frost 12 cupcakes generously, a 13x9 inch sheet cake or fill and top a 2 layer 8 inch cake.
- Pistachio spread, also known as pistachio cream is a combination of pistachios, sugar, milk solids and sometimes oil or white chocolate which are ground and mixed to a consistency much like Nutella.
- Yes, you can make Nutella buttercream using this same recipe by swapping the pistachio spread for Nutella.
- The colour of your pistachio spread will determine how naturally green the buttercream becomes. Green food colouring is completely optional and will not change the flavour at all.
- Nutritional info shown is per ½ a cup.
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