Delicious Italian Meringue Buttercream

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 16 ounces sugar
• water
• 8 ounces egg whites
• 20 ounces butter, room temp and cubed
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or whatever flavoring you want)

Recipe

• 1 place sugar in a saucepot and put enough water into it to wet sugar. place in candy thermometer. turn on heat. do not stir.
• 2 place egg whites in kitchen aid.
• 3 when sugar mixture starts to boil, start whipping egg whites on medium speed.
• 4 when sugar mixture reaches 240 f, take off heat and slowly add to egg whites.
• 5 turn up speed.
• 6 when bowl with mixture is cool, start adding butter a little at a time.
• 7 add flavoring.
• 8 use or refrigerate.
• 9 to reconstitute from fridge, place in kitchen add and whip until fluffy.