Vegan Strawberry Frosting
This vegan strawberry frosting is delicious and looks great. I'm not vegan, the reason I am building a collection of vegan birthday ideas on my website though is that I have a HUGE belief in inclusivity when it comes to kids' birthday parties.
Vegan recipes are dairy-free and egg-free which means they can be so useful when it comes to kids with allergies.
Why This Recipe Works
- Pretty in pink, this vegan strawberry frosting looks and tastes great!
- Easy to make with only 3 ingredients
- Free from egg, dairy, gluten, and nuts this frosting is allergy-friendly
The ingredients you will need
You only need 3 ingredients to make a vegan strawberry frosting. Vegan butter or margarine, icing sugar (powdered confectioners sugar) and strawberry jam.
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used strawberry jam and icing sugar from their range in this recipe.
Vegan Butter
I often see recipes calling for vegan butter. Vegan butter is in fact margarine. I live in New Zealand, at the moment I don't believe we actually have any products labeled vegan butter. If you are looking for a vegan alternative to use in baking or in something like this vegan frosting recipe just look for a full fat dairy-free margarine.
Do make sure that the margarine is full-fat. 'Light' margarine or 'fat-reduced' margarine have higher water content and do not perform well in baking (or at least not as a direct substitute for butter).
Also make sure the margarine you select is dairy-free, quite a few, although mainly based on vegetable oils can contain milk. I often use Nuttelex, but you may be able to find other brands that will also work.
Step by step instructions
- In a medium bowl beat the one third of icing sugar and the strawberry jam until a smooth consistent paste forms
- Add the vegan butter/margaine and beat
- Add one third of the icing sugar, beat, scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed
- Add the remaining third of the icing sugar and beat, you should now have a lovely vegan strawberry frosting.
If you are after an allergy-friendly cupcake recipe to go with this vegan buttercream then check out my dairy free cupcakes, they are vegan and free from, dairy, egg, wheat, gluten and nuts.
Top Tips
There isn't too much that can go wrong with this recipe
- Make sure the vegan butter / margarine you are using for this recipe is full fat. When you read the nutritional panel it should have at least 80g of fat per 100g of product
- Try other jams to create other flavoured frostings! Raspberry and blackberry jam is delicious and a frosting made with apricot jam is amazing on fruit cake.
- If your jam is not strongly coloured, you can add a drop of food colouring to make the colour more vibrant
FAQs
Vegan butter is in fact margarine. Vegan butter is a margarine that contains no dairy and has a fat content of at least 80g of fat per 100g of product
Vegan Strawberry Frosting
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Equipment
- Beater
- Bowl
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Strawberry Jam 75g
- 200 g Vegan butter/margarine Full fat not reduced fat
- ¾ Cup Icing sugar 95g
Instructions
- In a medium bowl beat the one third of icing sugar (¼ cup) and the strawberry jam until a smooth consistent paste forms
- Add the vegan butter/margaine and beat
- Add one third of the icing sugar (¼ cup), beat, scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed
- Add the remaining third of the icing sugar (¼ cup) and beat, you should now have a lovely vegan strawberry frosting.
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Notes
- The strawberry jam can be substituted for other flavours
- Make sure the margarine used is dairy-free and full fat (greater than 80g of fat per 100g of product)
- If your jam is not highly coloured and/or you want a more vibrant coloured buttercream you can add a drop or two of food colouring
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