50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Buttercream Frosting

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Buttercream Frosting

From the Kitchen of: Paz
Source: Quick Cooking magazine/Collector's Edition

1	cup	butter (no substitutes), softened
8	cups	confectioner's sugar
2	tsp.	vanilla extract
1/2 to 3/4	cup	milk

In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Beat in sugar and vanilla. Add milk until frosting reaches desired consistency.
Yield: about 4 cups.
For Chocolate Frosting: Substitute 1/2 cup baking cocoa for 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar.
For Peanut Butter Frosting: Substitute peanut butter for butter.
For Lemon or Orange Flavored frosting: Substitute lemon or orange juice for milk and add 1 tsp grated lemon or orange peel.
For Almond or Peppermint Flavored Flavored Frosting: Substitute almond or peppermint extract for the vanilla.
Liquid or paste food coloring may be added to match flavoring.