Recipe is very good, and so easy! I'll never go back to the stuff in the can!

Hi.. I already tried this recipe for white icing but I don't know why my icing became yellow..? I think the color was from the butter.. could u help me??
And how many grams is 1 1/2 sticks of butter & 3 2/3 cups of sugar?
Is confectioners sugar is the same as icing sugar?

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I'm a newbie at all of this but really want to learn. How long should I cream the butter for? I don't want it to thin out. Pls help!

This frosting is not very good. It is recommended with the chocolate cupcakes (which themselves are more like brownies than cupcakes) and definitely does not go well with them. These were my first Martha Stewart recipes and I won't be using her recipes again.

Oooo, the butter is what makes the buttercream. It also takes away from the straight sugar taste.

I make buttercream frosting all the time but have never used this much butter. I usually make it with 4 Tbls. butter to 1 lb. confectioners sugar - then milk to desired spreading consistancy

I also had to add milk to get a nice creamy consistency, the taste is good but a little too buttery for me.

I found that I had to add more milk than the recipe says, and I didn't use all the sugar required

You have to add the milk to achieve a "frosting" consistency.