BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

1 cup butter (2 sticks), slightly softened
3 - 4 cups confectioner’s (powdered) sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Pinch of salt
2-3 tablespoons milk, heavy cream, or half-and-half

On medium setting of mixer cream butter until smooth, roughly 3 minutes.

Add powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time. After each cup has been blended with the butter, turn the mixer onto the highest speed setting and for about 10 seconds to lighten the frosting. Continue to add sugar this way.

Add vanilla and a pinch of salt and mix till well blended.

Add milk, heavy cream or half-and-half until the frosting has reached a nice creamy consistency. For a firmer frosting, add more powdered sugar, a ¼ cup at a time. For a softer frosting, add more milk or cream, a tablespoon at a time.