Name: Whipped Flour Buttercream
Yield: Makes 3 1/2 c cups frosting, enough to frost and fill one 8-inch Layer cake or to frost 24 cupcakes
Ingredients: 2 sticks (1 cup) organic unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup organic cane sugar; 1 cup organic whole milk; 1/4 cup sifted organic all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tablespoons organic vanilla extract

Macro of a swirl of buttercream after being whipped.

I love using this as a frosting or a filling because it is light and creamy, and less sweet than the Classic Americana Icing. It tastes just like whipped cream.

Editor's note: This recipe is used as the filling for Sarah Magid's Goldies , an organic take on Twinkies.

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