Vanilla Bean Frosting

This vanilla frosting recipe is perfect, and you can use vanilla beans/vanilla extract/vanilla bean paste, whichever works. It's not overly sweet or gritty like some frostings. it's delicate and creamy and amazing.

The recipe is here:

Ingredients:

• 3 cup powdered sugar, sifted

• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter room temperature

• 4 teaspoons vanilla bean paste/pure vanilla extract (or seeds from 1 vanilla bean + 2 tsp. extract)

• 1-2 tablespoons milk

Directions:

• In a stand mixer with a paddle or spatula-paddle attachment (or with a hand mixer), mix together sugar and butter until they are blended and creamy (1-2 minutes).

• Add vanilla bean paste and milk and continue to beat for another minute until smooth but thick (see picture below).

• If desired, add more vanilla bean paste to taste, or more powdered sugar to make it stiffer.

• Enough frosting for 24 cupcakes or one cake.

This is what the frosting looked like after mixing.

The original recipe is from: http://www.cupcakeproject.com/2008/03/vanilla-bean-buttercream-frosting-recipe.html