butter icing

Soft cake coating

Butter icing is a sweet, creamy frosting made by beating butter with powdered sugar, used to cover or fill cakes and cupcakes.

The term is more common in British English; Americans typically say buttercream.

She spread butter icing over the sponge cake.

Related

pastry bag · whipped cream · mixing · vanilla extract · margarine · sugar · whipping · stiff peaks · milk · cream cheese · sugar paste · chocolate · lemon · cupcakes · birthday cake · coffee cake · cake stand · folding

Opposites
cake covering type

butter icingunfrosted

Lacking decorative icing

fondant · naked cake · royal icing · marzipan · mirror glaze

Family

butter, icing, butters, buttered, buttering, buttery, buttermilk, butterscotch, buttercream

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G