This Vegan Strawberry Frosting only requires 15 minutes and 6 ingredients to make and has big strawberry flavor! It is light and fluffy and is the perfect buttercream frosting for any cake or cupcake recipe. This recipe makes enough frosting for 24 cupcakes or one 8-inch 2-layer cake.
Fun frosting flavors are the easiest way to shake up your favorite cake recipe! I love to take my favorite Vegan Vanilla Cake recipe and frost it with Blueberry Frosting, Brown Sugar Buttercream, or even Maple Bourbon Frosting for a fun twist!
And this Vegan Strawberry Frosting recipe is my current favorite easy buttercream recipe! It is quick to make and uses freeze-dried strawberries for a fresh strawberry flavor that is consistent year-round. So, let's make it.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- This recipe only requires 6 ingredients.
- And you only need 15 minutes to make it.
- This Strawberry Frosting recipe is vegan and gluten-free, so anyone can enjoy it.
- It utilizes freeze-dried strawberries for a fresh strawberry flavor that you can achieve year-round.
- And most importantly, it is absolutely delicious!
Ingredients
Vegan Butter: Be sure to use a non-dairy butter that comes in a stick or block form. The types that come in a tub are too soft because they are formulated for spreading. I love Country Crock Plant Butter Sticks, but use your favorite.
Freeze-Dried Strawberries: You can typically find these near the dried fruit at your grocery store, but I usually order my freeze-dried strawberries online.
Lemon Juice: Lemon juice helps bring out the strawberry flavor.
Why Freeze-Dried Strawberries?
Freeze-fried strawberries retain the freshness in their flavor with no moisture!
So, we can really pack in that strawberry flavor without worrying about the frosting breaking.
Equipment
For this Vegan Strawberry Frosting recipe, you will need a food processor or a blender to grind the freeze-dried strawberries.
And a stand mixer with a paddle attachment or a hand mixer to mix the frosting.
Instructions
Step 1. Place the freeze-dried strawberries into a food processor or a blender and grind them until they are a fine powder.
Step 2. Sift the ground strawberries through a mesh strainer to remove any large pieces.
Step 3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the vegan butter until light and fluffy.
Step 4. Next, add powdered sugar and strawberry powder and mix on low until combined.
Then, add non-dairy milk, lemon juice, and vanilla and mix until light and fluffy.
Now, use your Vegan Strawberry Frosting as desired!
Uses
- Pipe onto cupcakes like my Vegan Strawberry Cupcakes.
- Or fill and frost a cake like my Chocolate Strawberry Cake.
- Use it to fill sandwich cookies.
Recipe FAQs
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. To use, allow the frosting to sit at room temperature for one hour. Then, scoop the buttercream back into a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment to whip back up until soft.
Yes! Scoop the buttercream into an airtight container and store in the freezer for up to a month.
To defrost it, place the frozen frosting in the refrigerator the day before you plan to use it.
Then, pull from the fridge an hour before you plan to use it. Finally, scoop the buttercream into a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment to whip back up until soft and fluffy.
Any non-dairy milk works well for vegan frosting. I like to use oat milk because it is what I typically bake with, but coconut milk, soy milk, or even almond milk work well.
No! Confectioner's sugar and powdered sugar are the same thing.
Expert Recipe Tips
Be sure to use room temperature non-dairy butter, so it will become light and fluffy easily in the first step. If your butter is lumpy in the first step, your Vegan Strawberry Frosting will be lumpy in the end!
Don't forget to sift the ground strawberries. Sifting will remove any larger pieces and a few seeds, too!
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Vegan Strawberry Frosting
Equipment
- 1 Food Processor or Blender
- 1 Stand Mixer
- 1 Sifter
- 1 Large Bowl
- 1 Spatula
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
Ingredients
- 1 ½ Cups Sliced Freeze Dried Strawberries This is an entire 1.2 oz packet
- 1 Cup Non-Dairy Butter, room temperature see note
- 3 ½ Cups Confectioners Sugar, sifted
- 4 teaspoon Non-Dairy Milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon Lemon Juice
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Instructions
- Add the freeze-dried strawberries to the bowl of a food processor or blender. Process until the berries turn into a fine powder. Then, pour the blended strawberries into a fine mesh sifter. Sift to remove any clumps. See note!1 ½ Cups Sliced Freeze Dried Strawberries
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl using a hand mixer, cream the non-dairy butter until completely smooth and fluffy.1 Cup Non-Dairy Butter, room temperature
- Add the powdered sugar and freeze-dried strawberry powder and mix on low until combined.3 ½ Cups Confectioners Sugar, sifted
- Add non-dairy milk, lemon juice, and vanilla, and mix on low until incorporated. Then, turn the speed up to medium and mix until the frosting is light and fluffy, about 30 seconds to 1 minute.4 teaspoon Non-Dairy Milk, 1 ½ teaspoon Lemon Juice, 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- Use as desired.
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