Buttercream/ Meringue buttercream / Meringue frosting etc.

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Permalink Reply by Maria Gemini on March 17, 2013 at 5:45am

Hi Lecia! Please look for this website: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttercream. This will explain what you want to know. Yes you can add coloring to any of these. Better use a gel type of coloring like Americolor or Chefmaster brands.

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Permalink Reply by suziq auzzi on March 20, 2013 at 8:35pm

You are going to have to do research yourself to get any meaningful understanding of what these all are ...Knowing the process of making each item will give you an understanding of what may be applicable to you. Taste is relative to the taster, the difference between these is in the texture of the item.

Basically:

Buttercream is a whipped mixture of butter and powdered sugar. It can be coloured and flavoured. There are numerous variations that use just shortening or a shortening/butter mixture plus powdered sugar plus liquid [water, milk, cream, coffee cream] and lots of other stuff inbetween.

Meringue frosting is a cooked frosting of egg white and powdered sugar. Variations include boiled icing, 7-minute frosting, sea-foam frosting. It can be made using the American, French, Swiss or Italian method. It can be coloured and flavoured.

Meringue buttercream is made by beating butter into Meringue frosting. The meringue can be made using the French, Swiss or Italian method. It can be coloured and flavoured. There are numerous European variations, and other variations that use egg yolks and/or whole eggs in place of egg whites.

Marshmallow frosting can be either the old-fashion variation of gelatine icing, or the recent variation of Sugarpaste [Rolled Fondant].

Marshmallow buttercream - unknown ?

With the Internet, and the crossover of recipes, the mis-naming of items from country to country causes confusion when trying to research them.

Also, when someone tweaks and changes an existing recipe, they tend to re-name their new item adding to confusion ..

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