buttercream
noun
but·ter·cream
ˈbə-tər-ˌkrēm 
: a sweet butter-based mixture used especially as a filling or frosting
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Once baked and cooled, the rounds are frosted with her silky chocolate buttercream.
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
For dessert was a chocolate cake with brown butter vanilla buttercream icing baked by Gaby Scelzo, decorated with baby blue ruffles and pink frosted roses.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The brainchild of the Italian restaurant's former pastry chef, Chase Maus, it's made with Swiss meringue buttercream and mascarpone, giving it an insanely silky texture.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
Outside, the cake is frosted in creamy buttercream flavored with lemon and orange.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
For dessert was a chocolate cake with brown butter vanilla buttercream icing baked by Gaby Scelzo, decorated with baby blue ruffles and pink frosted roses.
—Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
The brainchild of the Italian restaurant's former pastry chef, Chase Maus, it's made with Swiss meringue buttercream and mascarpone, giving it an insanely silky texture.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
Outside, the cake is frosted in creamy buttercream flavored with lemon and orange.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Buttercream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buttercream. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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