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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar. countable, uncountable

   "He was the first one to use gelatin in his buttercreams, and to make such extensive use of the freezer."

Example

More examples

"The pastry chef is decorating a cake with green owls made of buttercream frosting."

Etymology

From butter + cream.

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