Champagne Frosting | Julie Blanner

My straightforward Champagne Buttercream Frosting provides a contact of magnificence to any dessert. This fluffy topping with a contact of champagne can flip any cookie, cake, or cupcake into the proper addition for a celebration.

A close-up of a pink jelly dessert topped with luscious white champagne frosting, set against a light background.

Whether or not it’s for a birthday, bridal bathe, New Yr’s Eve, Valentine’s Day or an everyday Tuesday, this frosting will elevate any candy deal with into one thing really particular.

This recipe begins with a easy American-style buttercream—unsalted butter and confectioner’s sugar—whipped into a lightweight and velvety frosting earlier than being flavored with vanilla and the champagne of your selection. For this specific recipe, I choose a rose champagne and a bit of pink meals coloring to make it a reasonably pink. However be at liberty to make use of your favourite bubbles and colour it in accordance with the event.

Six pink pastries adorned with elegant champagne frosting are arranged on a rectangular white plate, each topped with delicate white decorations.

I additionally love how versatile champagne icing is—whether or not I’m topping a basic vanilla cake, a wealthy chocolate cupcake, and even sugar cookies, the fragile floral notes of champagne takes this creamy frosting to the following degree.

Strive topping my Pink Champagne Cupcakes with this easy frosting and use the remainder of the open bottle of bubbles in my Champagne Margaritas.

Substances

Unsalted Butter — Softened butter creates the wealthy, creamy base for the frosting.
Powdered Sugar — Sweetens the frosting whereas giving it construction and smoothness.
Champagne or Glowing Wine — A dry Champagne works finest, you may cook dinner it down a bit earlier than including to accentuate the flavour.
Vanilla Extract — Provides heat and enhances the general taste.
Meals Coloring (optionally available) — A drop of pale pink or gold may give the frosting a glamorous contact.

Close-up of a pink frosted mini cake with champagne frosting and decorative icing on top, resting elegantly on a white plate.

The Greatest Champagne to Bake With

Your favourite rosé! However really, any bubbles will do. No have to splurge.
Brut Nature
Additional Brut
Brut
Demi-Sec – medium dry
Doux – candy

Glowing Wine suggestions

Extra Champagne Recipes

In a big mixing bowl with a beater or stand mixer, beat the softened butter on excessive till utterly clean and creamy, about 2-3 minutes.Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, beating on low to include then rising to excessive velocity. After every cup is effectively included, repeat the method.
½ cup unsalted butter, 4 cups powdered sugar
Subsequent, add champagne, vanilla, and optionally available meals coloring. Combine effectively to mix, scraping down the perimeters with a rubber spatula as wanted.
¼ cup champagne, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 drops pink meals coloring

For a extra intense taste, warmth the champagne in a small sauce pan over medium-high warmth. As soon as boiling flip it all the way down to medium and cook dinner down the champagne till it’s lowered to a syrup. Put aside till it cools earlier than including to the buttercream.