Meanings
nounbuttercream (countable and uncountable, plural buttercreams)
plural buttercreams
- countableuncountablecookingA type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.
He was the first one to use gelatin in his buttercreams, and to make such extensive use of the freezer.
2009 January 9, Basil Katz, “Gaston Lenôtre, Who Built a Culinary Brand, Is Dead at 88”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Catalan crema de mantega
- crema de mantegatype of icing
German Buttercreme
- Buttercremetype of icing
Irish uachtar ime
- uachtar imetype of icing
Italian crema al burro
- crema al burrotype of icing
Korean 버터크림
- 버터크림 (beoteokeurim)type of icing
Norwegian smørkrem
- smørkremtype of icing
Polish polewa kremowa
- polewa kremowatype of icing
Russian крем
- крем (krem)type of icing
Spanish crema de mantequilla
- crema de mantequillatype of icing
Turkish tereyağlı krema
- tereyağlı krematype of icing
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APA
buttercream. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttercream
MLA
“buttercream.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttercream. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buttercream,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttercream.
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