buttercream

Etymology

butter + cream

noun

  1. (cooking) A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.
    He was the first one to use gelatin in his buttercreams, and to make such extensive use of the freezer. January 9 2009, Basil Katz, “Gaston Lenôtre, Who Built a Culinary Brand, Is Dead at 88”, in New York Times

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