3 Ingredient Buttercream 

This is exactly what I needed. I am literally making a cake right now and wasn't sure what to do for the frosting. Thank you!

Condensed milk is made with milk and sugar, you can make your own, it's so much better. 2cups milk, 2/3 cup sugar, cook on medium low, for 30 to 45 mins ,stir to keep from bottom burning. Pour into jar or bowl let cool, cover with lid or plastic, put in fridge for 1 hour. It makes 1 cup, Then enjoy🥰

*1 1/2 cups unsalted butter *1 cup sweetened condensed milk *1 tsp salt *1/4 tsp vanilla extract This is the same recipe that I use. You can also add different flavors, such as someone suggested peanut butter. I’ve made it with cherry extract also. Very good, easy to work with frosting.

Find the recipe will all my tips here: www.sugarologie.com/recipes/russian-buttercream FAQ: Why use unsalted butter and add salt at the end? Can't you use salted butter? You can, but you risk an overly salty buttercream in the end. Salt varies by brand but you probably also have a preference for how much you like in your dessert. If you do do choose to use salted butter, try only half - I've had bakers tell me that they used all salted butter for their buttercreams and it ended up being way too salty

I make my own condensed milk. I'm a diabetic, and was missing out on all the great recipes that call for it. I use fake sugar 1:1. Works just as well.

Made this on accident the other day when I realized I didn’t have powdered sugar and added condensed milk, deigning to at least make a glaze for the cake I made. Lo and behold it whipped up beautifully and became the icing of my dreams. It was half butter half cream cheese, which added a nice tanginess.

I tried this today...love how glossy and silky smooth it is and the fact that I can control the sweetness by adding as much condensed milk that I want. Lovely thank you sooo much!

My granny used to make cakes in my hometown in southeastern KY. She used Crisco to make her icing. I like seeing all the different ways to make it. 😊

I love Russian Buttercream! I make it all the time. (It is NOT a stiff frosting, so you can’t decorate w/ it.) I add peanut butter, and it makes phenomenal peanut butter frosting for my dark chocolate cupcakes. Yum

This is the buttercream recipe I’ve needed all my life 😍 and basically could be 2 ingredients if you skip the vanilla and use salted butter

I think it's nice to add that this kind of buttercream often separates when put to fridge

Add a lil purple color and it will look whiter/brighter try it out ..

Why am I attentively watching this (and multiple) video(s)? I don’t even bake 😂

I found It!!!! I remember my grandma and aunties making this- it was in Mexico, I haven’t seen it here in the US… and it’s been so long, since I had it - I have asked so many people If they had this: or if they new the recipe but everyone kinda looked at me like I was off. I’m like “my grandma would make her frostings and glazes with condensed milk- have you had it?” The answer was: “uhhhh glaze yea frosting no”, and I kinda gave up. the glaze I was able to replicate, condensed milk and lime/lemon but I couldn’t figure out the frosting 🧁- I was doing’s condensed milk and powder sugar-- nooooooooo lol- butter that’s what I was missing duh 🙄. It makes more sense now. She would use this frosting for pan de rancho- or the glaze soooo yummy!!! She also used it for roll cakes.

This has been my go-to frosting for about a year. I make it in two flavors: vanilla and chocolate. It is so fluffy and delightful.

I just made an oat flour cake with a honey syrup and raspberry filling. Instead of Swiss meringue I used this buttercream and it was delicious!! Thank you!

No confectioners sugar? I'm blown away by this! Making a cake today!

How cool. I have never heard of this. I'm definitely going to try it. Sweetened condensed milk is so yummy.

Thank you for the recipe! I tried a similar Russian buttercream last year. And although the results turned out well, it took both forever to balance the right temps for the butter and condensed milk. Your recipe shows your specific techniques and application process, which is so informative and helpful!

I have just discovered your videos today and am absolutely IN LOVE. I have always struggles with a consistent buttercream texture and LOVE LOVE LOVE these methods.

This is my favorite frosting also. Chocolate is a little more time, but definitely worth it!

Ok I am Russian and this is my favorite frosting, but i've never heard anyone calling it "Russian frosting" 😂

Thank you so much for sharing! I can't do overly sweet frostings like American buttercream (something to do with the sickeningly sweet 2lbs of powdered sugar to 1lb of butter) or cream cheese. I love meringue based buttercreams but they take forever to emulsify if you lack a stand mixer. This is the easiest frosting recipe I've ever seen and I have to try it. I have a Russian friend who's friends with a pastry chef and she gave me a slice of this amazing cherries & cream cake. I couldn't pinpoint the frosting & she didn't know what it was either. Not too sweet and super creamy like whipped cream, but still maintained the stability of a buttercream and totally pipeable. I wonder if that's what it was because I need to know. It was so good. Time to pick up some ingredients! ♥︎

I'm inordinately happy that you used complement instead of compliment

Thanks at least you explain how to make stuff. So many creators don't.

I’m going to try this with plant based ingredients. They make sweetened condensed coconut milk that’s better than the original! 👍🏼💚

I have a pound cake recipe that I basically do the same thing with the butter. But I use parkay and it does the same thing changing color like that. My grandfather taught me how to make it. He was a tugboat captain many many moons ago. I am 63. When he gave me the recipe he said go home and make it. I did and told him it wasn’t anything like his and he laughed and said ok now we will make it together. It’s all in putting it together and the time to do it in. It is his recipe. Everyone loves it and are very excited when I make it. It takes about 45 minutes just to mix it up.

I love to bake, it's been really hard the past couple of years because my kitchen is not handicapped accessible and I'm hoping that we're going to be able to redo our kitchen soon so that I can get back to baking my cakes and the first cake I do, I am going to be useing your recipe for icing, it looks so good I can't wait to try it.

ERMERGERD! LOOKS SO FLIPPIN AWESOME 😎👍

My grandmother always said buttercream was super unhealthy and I never truly realized how much butter is put into buttercream until today thank you

I love baking! And decorating cakes. I haven't done it in so long but I love your channel and I'm addicted to it. I'll stick to the normal butter cream so I don't mess It up but I'll work on it slowly!

Never seen this before and as stated in a previous comment I had hunted various recipes of butter creams for my son’s Batcave cake. The one I ended up going with was the cream cheese buttercream and close behind was an Italian buttercream using hot sugar syrup and egg whites. As a quick buttercream this looks awesome! Thanks.

I love Russian buttercream, it’s so easy to make, and unlike regular buttercream, I don’t have to use a ish ton of powdered sugar 😂

Oh wow whisk then smooth it with the paddle. That is great! I’ve never heard that before … and I worked at Bakery 😂

Took me forever going thru my history yo get to this video again! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I have a kitchenaid mixer I had put in the corner bc I don’t know how to use it ( liked the pink color ) now I find your channel I think I may finally learn what it can do ! ❤

Thank you for this video!!! My frostings almost always come out too runny. Your vids are helping me learn more. You are appreciated!!

Thank you so much for explaining y it's important to whip the butter for a long time

Best buttercream! Love this ❣️

A few tips for this: To get a more white color, you can use a bit of purple food coloring If you want, you can skip adding salt by using salted butter at the beginning Make sure to keep this out of warm places, or it will melt(because of the butter in this)

Thank YOU so much for being so kind to share this video...

Anyone else just wanna grab a spoon and eat it or just me?

Hi!! I recently saw your video for the butter cream cheese frosting, and I love how detailed the description of it is on the website, I was just wondering about storing it. Can I store it in the fridge for some hours and then use it? Would I have to wait for it to come to room temperature and then whip it again before using it? Thank you! :)

My mother used rose water instead of vanilla! So, very good!

Awesome !!!!! Thank you. I've never made butter cream like this and neither did my mom with sweetened condensed milk!!!

What’s the exact measurement for this recipe and how much does it make?

I used whipped chocolate ganache! I spent years not eating frosting bc it’s too sweet for me. But I finally cracked my own code. I make whipped chocolate ganache with dark or semi sweet chocolate. I make the layers a little full and then the I either top the cake only with the frosting leaving the sides bare or make that naked cake look still keeping it light

I'm going to use sweetened coconut milk and into the whipped butter and see what I come up with. I'll let you know. I think it will work. The consistency of the coconut milk is about the same as the sweetened condensed milk. I will ice my drunken pineapple upside down cake made with moonshine pineapple chunks drained from the pinacolada moonshine, that I bought at my local liquor store. Think it will work? I can't wait to try it.

I think everyone has a different type of buttercream they favour ❤ Where i live is super cold in winter and super hot in summer so i change around the type i use for the different seasons 😊❤

'Whip it! Whip it good!' 👍😁👍😁👍😁👍😁👍😁👍

Thank you for this lesson!! I love it! Can’t wait to try this!!

YAY! With no shortening or hydrogenated oils...well done. I'm going to use this.

girl I am loving this info. the icing sagas is what I'm calling it.

bro I wish I had a stand mixer, anytime I bake I have to use a hand mixer to make buttercream, or whip egg whites, etc. and it's old and rickety so sometimes it's just me and my whisk 😩

Oh I love it & so do my thighs!👍🏼😁

Another type of frosting for you to try: Chocolate instant pudding and heavy whipping cream. Follow directions on box, mix in mixer like you would whipped cream.

Huh. I gotta try this. I’ve always done salted butter, a dash of milk, vanilla, & powdered sugar.

Does it remain stable in warm temperatures?

I only have a hand mixer… can I still make this frosting in a small batch?

my issue is always never having powdered sugar in the house! I've made my own by running granulated sugar through a coffee grinder, but it can still be a tiny bit gritty, which in some instances is not a bad thing, but if you want a smooth creamy buttercream, then it's an issue. using sweetened condensed milk solves the whole problem. this is genius. hats off to the Russians on this one!

Thanks for sharing this video, I am so excited to see how you can make the icing 👏🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Is this buttercream as sweet as the American Buttercream?

Oo looks nice but how sweet is it?

😲 omg thank you soooo much for ur recepie. I will try w my mom she's started to make cakes from strand wanted to learn how to make butter cream since it's our favorite in cakes. Ur the best God bless.

I've been a baker for only a couple of years but never have I ever gotten lucky with any type of buttercream (Esp swiss meringue). Hope this one works for me when I try it.

Awesome how long can you leave it out?

Please give the measurement 😭

My new favorite Frosting! I add some vanilla and powder sugar too

Butter cream is so sweet that it’s like taking the flavor of the cake, the thing to ruin a cake is too much frosting. (Unless it’s chocolate)

Is it bad that I wanna just eat that out of a bowl?

Okay, you said 3 ingredients but you only briefly showed us the butter and sweetened condensed milk and then mentioned adding salt and vanilla but how much powdered sugar are you supposed to add? Or do you even add powdered sugar?? Is there more detailed instructions? I'm a cook, not a baker and I know baking has to be exact in order to come out right.

That looks great, I'm not a baker but I needed some buttercream for a cake I want to try, this looks easy to make.

Thank you for your in-depth videos. I would love to see a price comparison breakdown for the various buttercreams that you share recipes for.

I almost stuck my 👅 out to lick the whisk😂

Hello how much butter sticks do you need for this buttercream? And how much condensed milk? Thank you in advance

Google/RU-vid has been working extra hard lately. I looked up homemade buttercream without milk and after a week it's now showing me videos of what I kinda wanted

FINALLY AN EASY RECIPE YOU CAN TRUST. thank you ❤

Uses unsalted butter…adds salt.😂

Your videos are PERFECTION.

Exactly what I need for another wonderful frosting recipe

Wow, PERFECT! I've tried many buttercream recipes, this one seems perfect. Will try it. ((I had the paddle attachment with the rubber scrapers...keep an eye on the scrapers....one of my scrapers fell off when I was mixing and it ended up in the batter!))

I just did this it is so good but a little thin and very buttery!

Hello! I found your channel today and already a fan. I love the cakeculator. Very Helpful. Deff gonna try this buttercream as well! Looks Amazing. Thanks!

Silky smooth buttercream advocate whipped ingredients, sweet treat salient.

What a great easy idea. I have to try it. I’ve never heard about it before

Your videos are life savers!

Now I want a cake with this frosting 🎂💐❤️🌹❣️👍! Greetings from Phoenix Arizona 🌵☀️🏜️🌵☀️🤠

I had this under a fondant cake and loved it. Ty!!!

My favourite buttercream!

It tastes delicious followed you step by step,Thank you for sharing❤

You are incredibly talented! ❤

Oh I gotta try this!

I'm definitely trying this!

Making frosting can be so complicated it’s one of the biggest reason I don’t bake! I might try this one though

Thank you thank you for sharing this recipe !

Thank you for sharing. I ❤️ this frosting. I'm going to use this one

Wow!!! Exactly what I'm looking for Thank you so much 💓

Can u plz post exactly the measurements for each ingredient, it would help a bunch instead of just saying what's in there. It does look very delicious though 😋

Awesome, thank you! Looking forward to making this!

This is awesome I’ll try this for my Oreo cake for my baby

Wow, excellent and no grit from powdered sugar.