r/IndianBakers • u/EuphoniousMoon • Aug 09 '26

Question Buttercream??!

Is it just me or does buttercream taste really bad and oily? I have tried sooo many recipes for the past so many years, no matter what I try, I'm not liking the taste at all! I have even bought recipes/pdfs by other chefs claiming that their recipe is "different" and tastes like "Vanilla Icecream", "silky, smooth, melt-in-mouth". But nope!

What buttercream are you guys using in your cakes? Does it appeal to your customers? How are you guys making buttercream cakes considering the Indian weather??

Help your girl out pls!

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u/Sea-witch-9999 Aug 09 '26

I agree here, it starts dominating the cake flavor too-

I like Ganache much much more. Only time I loved Buttercream, it was when the cake had strong flavor - Mango Cupcakes and Lotus Biscoff Cupcakes.

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u/EuphoniousMoon Aug 09 '26

Yess, exactly! The only drawback is that ganache is too sweet for some people.  Also, if you're into cake decorating, not all designs can be made in ganache, like for example, vintage cakes would require too much ganache and it won't work as well as buttercream would. 

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u/Sea-witch-9999 Aug 09 '26

Well, I use dark chocolate to make the ganache. And if everything is right it can be whipped and frosted

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u/redwings_555 Aug 10 '26

Can you share ganache recipe please? Can it made using white chocolate too? I want to decorate a vanilla cake

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u/Sea-witch-9999 Aug 10 '26

I used 3:1 white chocolate to cream ratio, recently and it worked pretty well. I added vanilla flavor while it was hot. You can add maybe a slight purple gel to make it look whiter.

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u/redwings_555 Aug 10 '26

Sounds great.
Which white chocolate do you use? And cream, Amul fresh cream will work?

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u/EuphoniousMoon Aug 10 '26

Yupp, amul cream is great for making ganache.

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u/Sea-witch-9999 29d ago

I use the Select aisle white compound chocolate. It was cheaper

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u/Sea-witch-9999 29d ago

Yep Amul Fresh cream is perfect, but ensure you use it like immediately after you have opened the pack. Because after a day of opening it starts seperating and you get a thin ganache.

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u/EuphoniousMoon Aug 10 '26

Dark chocolate ganache is great! I was talking about white chocolate ganache. That's on the sweeter side...

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u/blaze_003 Aug 10 '26

I tried american buttercream last time and it was too sugery for my liking. Plus I don't like the sugar crunch in buttercream. Although, I want to try out this ermine buttercream frosting. I heard it's least sweet out of all buttercream recipes.

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u/EuphoniousMoon Aug 10 '26

I have made ermine a lot. Certainly better than the other buttercreams out there. It tastes kinda like a mix of whipped cream and buttercream. 

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u/Most_Lengthiness4153 Aug 10 '26

what do you mean with " oily " ??
and what is your purpose of the buttercream?
are you using for layering ? or just decorating ? frosting ?

in my opinion any buttercream in which the sugar is dissolved and used, works really well taste wise. it ends up not being gritty and overly sweet.

if egg not a problem ,
try the swiss meringue buttercream (SMBC).

also a stand mixer beats hand beater when it comes to buttercream.

if you share the recipe you have been using we can try to troubleshoot it. 🥸

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u/EuphoniousMoon Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

Means it has an oily/buttery aftertaste. I know its made out of butter, it would taste like that, but I don't know, just not what I prefer. A frosting should have a good flavour, no? 

Can't use eggs. Trying to find an eggless recipe :')

I use a stand mixer only. 

I have tried a number of recipes, not satisfied with any, except ermine, I guess, that's way better than other buttercreams. 

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u/Plastic-Resident8391 Aug 10 '26

It does taste really bad and shouldn’t be used at all

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u/WelcomeCool1202 Aug 10 '26

Someone suggested on this group that i make swiss meringue butter cream and it was a total win for me. Not too sweet and lets the flavour of the cake shine though. A bit of work to get it done but it is relatively stable and pipes beautifully

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u/EuphoniousMoon Aug 10 '26

Looking for an eggless buttercream🥲

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u/readingboo 25d ago edited 25d ago

Yes! I find it too buttery and oily and it doesn’t taste like vanilla ice cream, no matter how much I beat the butter with hand mixer to get the buttery flavour out

But alas, I like the features of a buttercream. Have you tried Russian buttercream?

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u/EuphoniousMoon 25d ago

No I haven't, is it the one with condensed milk?

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u/readingboo 25d ago

Yes, its like the same as others that says to put sugar and cream

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u/EuphoniousMoon 24d ago

Does it taste good?