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Hello,
I need a buttercream recipe that isn’t to sweet. I want to stop buying supermarket readymade version and make my own. Please help thank you

Hi cakechef22

Buttercream by nature is always going to be sweet because it contains so much sugar. For a less sweet option try Italian or Swiss meringue buttercream which uses less sugar. There are thousands of recipes for these online and really worth the effort of making. Hope you find a recipe you like. Happy Christmas to you.

Thank you Miwl,
I’ve never tried it, I will give it a go.
I hope you don’t mind me sharing my vanilla sponge recipe. I hope to use this new buttercream with it.

I’ve been using this recipe for years without any issues. Just recently my cake have been coming out Dense, Dry, and strangely thick batter!
(Personally with all the food packet shrinkage I think it’s to do with the ingredients)
Recent changes: Aldi s.r flour, butter block 84% min fat & large eggs !

Old habits: Mc Douglas no sift s.r flour & mixed sized medium eggs + supermarket baking spread 59% fat (optional x1 tsp glycerin per gram s.f)
Always beat butter & sugar about 10mins . Eggs never weight, I always follow recipe instructions, with the adaption of adding the vanilla & glycerin to the eggs
I would always use my kitchen-aid from start to end for example if I was doing an 8″ mix, now I even tried folding in the flour at the end! Still horrible thick not silky smooth batter.

My recipe is from Maisie Fantaisie – Not sure if this is called Madeira cake as it doesn’t call for lemon but I use it to carve.

8″ round
400g Soft marge/butter
400g Caster sugar
400g S.R Flour
x8 Eggs
1.5 tsp Vanilla

Mixture divided into 2 pans to make a tall 4″ cake. Baked @ 160c fan oven
I hoping you can help me get to the bottom of this.

Thank you in advance & happy new year x