Is Buttercream Frosting Gluten Free?

For snack time, I decided I would bake some incredible vanilla cupcakes, covered in gluten free frosting buttercream. As it turns out, my son’s friend could not eat them at all.

INGREDIENTS

01 1 cup of softened butter

02 3 ½ cups of gluten-free powdered sugar

03 2 tbsp of gluten-free meringue powder

04 2 tsp of vanilla extract

05 ⅛ tsp of salt

In a large bowl, beat the butter until it is creamy and fluffy using a handheld mixer or a stand mixer.

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Add 2 cups of the powdered sugar. Do this gradually, you do not want the powder to go everywhere!

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Add the meringue powder, the vanilla extract, and the salt. Continue to mix on medium until everything is well combined.

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Now we need to incorporate the rest of the powdered sugar and the light cream alternatively. Pour some light cream followed but a bit of the powdered sugar.

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Is Buttercream Frosting Gluten Free?