Best Avocado Buttercream Frosting Recipes

Passion Fruit Cupcakes with Avocado Buttercream Frosting image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 35m

Yield 12 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 17

Butter, for greasing, optional
3 eggs
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups flour, sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon strawberry-flavored gelatin
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup passion fruit rum
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
1 teaspoon meringue powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Juice of 1 lime
1/2 ripe avocado
Pinch salt

Steps:

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 12-cup muffin tin or line with parchment paper.
Blend the eggs, oil, granulated sugar and vanilla in a mixer. Add the flour, baking powder, gelatin and salt. Add the rum and blend until smooth. Do not over beat. Fill the tins halfway full with batter and bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, 15 to 18 minutes.
For the frosting: Cream the confectioners' sugar, butter and meringue powder until creamy and fluffy in a mixer. Add the vanilla and lime juice, cream until well blended. Mix in the avocado until smooth. Do not over beat. Add salt to taste.
Frost each cupcake with the frosting.

Avocado Buttercream Frosting image

Provided by Alton Brown

Time 10m

Yield approximately 2 cups of frosting

Number Of Ingredients 4

8 ounces avocado meat, approximately 2 small to medium
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 pound powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

Steps:

Peel and pit the avocado. Place the avocado into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment along with the lemon juice and beat until lightened in color, approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time and beat until smooth. Add the lemon extract and mix to combine. If not using right away, store in the refrigerator.

Avocado Buttercream Frosting Recipe - (4/5) image

Provided by southerngrace

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 ripe avocados yielding about 8 ounces of actual fruit
2 tablespoons butter, softened
2 teaspoons lemon juice
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt

Steps:

Peel and pit the avocado, then cream the avocado and butter together until smooth. Blend in the lemon juice. With the mixer on low speed, add powdered sugar one cup at a time. Sprinkle in a pinch of salt and add vanilla. If desired, add more sugar to make the frosting thicker. Store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.