Monster Buttercream
Adorable Monster Cupcakes using plant, seed, and vegetable based food color that are as easy as they are delicious!
Prep Time30 minutes mins
Cook Time15 minutes mins
Total Time45 minutes mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Monster Buttercream
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Author: Amanda Rettke
- 1 c unsalted butter
- 1 two pound bag powder sugar about 7-8 cups
- 1 tbsp. McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 4 tbsp. milk
- 1 dash salt
- 1 pkg McCormick Color from Nature Food Color
Put room temperature butter, vanilla, and salt into mixer. Add in powder sugar one cup at a time, alternating with the milk until you have used it all.
If your frosting is too thick you can certainly add more milk.
Equally divide buttercream into four bowls.
BLUE: Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of Sky Blue food color packet to bowl.
PINK: Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of the Berry food color packet to bowl.
YELLOW: Add 1 1/2 teaspoons of the Sunflower food color packet to bowl.
GREEN: Add 1 teaspoon Sky Blue and 1 teaspoon Sunflower to make green.
Gently stir to combine