buttercream
noun
but·ter·cream
ˈbə-tər-ˌkrēm 
: a sweet butter-based mixture used especially as a filling or frosting
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Bourbon meets browned buttercream frosting for a to-die-for combination.
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
The mini cake is also available in chocolate and vanilla and features similar icing and red buttercream dots and bows, as well as Maraschino cherries, but does not feature any writing.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Similar to the larger cake, there are also red buttercream dots and bows, and Maraschino cherries among other features, but no writing on the dessert.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The suite levels are layered throughout the lower bowl like the buttercream filling in a Dobos torte, forming an inverted cone of the strata of American affluence.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
The mini cake is also available in chocolate and vanilla and features similar icing and red buttercream dots and bows, as well as Maraschino cherries, but does not feature any writing.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Similar to the larger cake, there are also red buttercream dots and bows, and Maraschino cherries among other features, but no writing on the dessert.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
The suite levels are layered throughout the lower bowl like the buttercream filling in a Dobos torte, forming an inverted cone of the strata of American affluence.
—John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Buttercream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buttercream. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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