buttercream
noun
but·ter·cream
ˈbə-tər-ˌkrēm 
: a sweet butter-based mixture used especially as a filling or frosting
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Frost with American buttercream, and add crumbles and the peach filling.
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The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2025
Both versions have a red, white and blue buttercream filling in the middle of them.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
And the frosting isn’t a glaze but a lemony buttercream.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Make the buttercream by mixing butter, vanilla and powdered sugar.
—Eva Syrovy, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2025
Both versions have a red, white and blue buttercream filling in the middle of them.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024
And the frosting isn’t a glaze but a lemony buttercream.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Make the buttercream by mixing butter, vanilla and powdered sugar.
—Eva Syrovy, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Buttercream.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buttercream. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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