buttercream

noun

but·​ter·​cream ˈbə-tər-ˌkrēm 

: a sweet butter-based mixture used especially as a filling or frosting

Examples of buttercream in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The coffee chain will be serving up Star Spangled Donuts, shaped like stars, filled with vanilla buttercream and topped with blue icing and red, white and blue sprinkles. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 July 2025

These bite-sized sponge cakes, layered with jam or buttercream and finished with piped icing, have become a beloved Southern tradition—especially at baby showers and bridal luncheons. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 5 July 2025

For the actual wedding party, the couple had an olive oil cake with vanilla buttercream and live band to kick start the dancing. —Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 3 July 2025

Made with strawberry cream cake and buttercream, the cake pop is dipped in chocolate and decorated to look like a ripe, red strawberry. —Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for buttercream

• academe
• cherubim
• elohim
• episteme
• seraphim
• abeam
• airstream
• bloodstream
• daydream
• downstream
• esteem
• extreme