This silky smooth and perfectly pipeable Pink Champagne Buttercream Frosting is sure to make any occasion feel more special! Consider it for anniversaries, weddings, showers, 21st birthdays, New Years, and more.
We have two Pink Champagne Cake recipes in our recipes section. One is our Pink Champagne Cake from Scratch, and the other is our Pink Champagne Cake (doctored cake mix) recipe. So whether you enjoy baking cakes from scratch, or working with doctored cake mixes, we have an amazing Pink Champagne Cake recipe for you to try!
We’ve received so much positive feedback from this recipe since we first posted it. Pink Champagne Cake is just one of those perfect special occasion go-to recipes that brings a bit of a “wow factor” from the name alone, and the taste is out of this world.
Our Pink Champagne Buttercream Frosting is a crusting recipe, but if you prefer a lighter crust, see the adjustments to the recipe at the bottom of the post. The recipe makes approximately 8 cups of frosting to allow for a delicious filling and decorative piping.
However, you can easily cut this recipe in half if you don’t require this much frosting! We hope that you enjoy this recipe as much as we have!
Pink Champagne Buttercream
This delicious Pink Champagne Buttercream tastes amazing with Pink Champagne Cakes and Cupcakes! It pipes perfectly also!
Ingredients
- 4 sticks (452g) unsalted butter, softened
- 12 cups (1380g) powdered sugar (depending on the desired consistency, more sugar = more crusting) If you prefer a frosting that crust less, see the note at the bottom of the recipe.
- 4 teaspoons ( 16g) vanilla
- 1 teaspoon (6g) salt
- ½ cup (122g) pink champagne
- Pink Coloring Gel of Choice (We used a touch of Americolor Deep Pink)
Instructions
- Cream the softened butter until smooth and lightened in color
- Blend in the salt and vanilla
- Gradually add the powdered sugar with the champagne until the powdered sugar is incorporated. Beat at medium speed 3 to 4 minutes. The texture will become very smooth. If you are tinting the entire batch of buttercream light pink, you can add a very small amount of coloring gel while it is mixing.
- This recipe makes approximately 8 cups of frosting.
Notes
*For a softer buttercream with a much lighter crust, cut the amount of powdered sugar from 12 to 9 or 10 cups and cut the amount of champagne from ½ cup to ¼ cup + 1 Tablespoon. Also, cut the salt to ½ teaspoon. This lighter consistency works well for cupcakes or cakes that don't require the Viva method of smoothing.
Don’t miss our Pink Champagne Cake Recipes!
Pink Champagne Cake recipe from scratch:
and our Delicious Doctored cake mix version of Pink Champagne Cake:
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I made this recipe today and Oh my Stars!!! It is spectacular!! And, soooo pretty!! Cannot wait to put the cake all together! Thank you Melissa & BeBe, as always!!
After reading this article, I could not stop to myself from making it. So i prepared it. It was too yummy!!!!
Thanking You!!!!!!
This champagne cake is one of my most requested cakes from friends and family! In fact, I have 3 layers in the oven right now. I was wondering what tip you used in both of those pictures. They are both equally beautiful! I have been doing a simple basket weave, as my loops always seem lopsided. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!
Hi Sarah! I’m so glad that you like the recipe! Your cake looks delicious. For the overlapping rings of buttercream, I used a star tip 21. To do this, I first crumb coated the cake and then starting from the bottom, piped my slightly overlapping open rings of buttercream one at a time in vertical rows. (The cascading rosettes of buttercream video in our Free Tutorials section gives a similar look but goes much more quickly!)
In the other photo, I piped my ruffles with a tip 104. I believe I have a super quick demo of me creating this cake that was never posted…I’ll see if I can find it and post this week! ;0)
Hi what tips did you use to pipe your buttercream? Mary
Hi Mary, I used a tip 21 for the scratch cake, and a tip 104 for the doctored cake mix version. You can see a longer description in my comment just above yours. Thanks!
I made this cake for my daughters 19th turned out great !
Hi Brenda! Didn’t see you post before, the cake looks fabulous! Glad that you liked the recipe ;0)
Hi! This icing is delicious! I made it the night before & refrigerated. When I went to frost it the next day, it looked like it had “broken.” Any idea what might have gone wrong? Should I have rewhipped it before using? Also, do I need to reduce liquid in order to pipe rosettes on the side of the cake? Thank you!
HiJoycelyn, Yes, I think you needed to rewhip the buttercream. Bring the buttercream back to room temperature and remix. Some buttercreams can be remixed with a spoon and will be fine, other times you may need to rewhip with a hand mixer or your stand mixer. Depending on the climate you live in you may need to adjust the amount of liquid for your buttercream. We don’t adjust the amount for piping rosettes, Melissa typically frost the cake and pipes rosettes with the same consistency frosting, but experiment and see what works best for you. If you find it too soft, just add a bit more powdered sugar. When piping rosettes make sure the rosettes attaches to the cake and not just to the rosette above (or below) it, otherwise it could slide down and off the cake.
Thanks so much for the tips!
My daughter age 11 made this for my birthday it was amazing. She did the whole thing herself. It tastes spectacular!!!
Hi Natalie, Such a sweet daughter to do this for you. Congratulations, to her on this beautiful cake!! I am impressed!
Love your site
would a pink moscato work in this recipe?
Hi Sophia, We have had feedback from others that both moscato and prosecco work well in this recipe.
Hi, do you have a recommendation on the type of pink champagne to use? I’m not a champagne drinker, but making a bridal shower cake for people who are. I found 2 types, a Brut Rose (dry) vs a pink moscato (sweet). Just preference, or is there a better one for this recipe?
Hi Amber! I’m glad that you’re making this cake!
I just happened to pick out Andre Blush Pink Champagne when I made this recipe- I don’t know much about champagne either but I was happy with how it turned out! ;0)- This champagne is a bit on the sweeter side if that helps.
Would this be for adults only?
Hi Armida, I think it would be for adults only. The champagne in the cake does not completely bake out plus there is champagne in the frosting . No one is going to become intoxicated but there is alcohol in the cake.
This is my new favorite cake! It’s FABULOUS! The icing is exquisite! I made the cake today and will freeze to serve next weekend. Would it be ok to refrigerate the icing for a week or should I freeze it also?
Hi Felecia, Thank you for your nice comments on the recipe! Your cake layers should be wrapped in plastic wrap and aluminum foil when freezing. You can store your buttercream in the refrigerator a week in advance of using. Make sure it is in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap so it will not absorb any food odors while refrigerated. I often use two layers of plastic wrap. When ready to use let it warm to room temperature on your counter ( do not warm in the microwave). Remix with a hand or stand mixer.
Thank you for the response! It’s good to know I wrapped my cake layers up correctly! I look forward to trying more of your recipes.
I am considering making these as cupcakes for a French Garden themed baby shower… any suggestions on how to decorate as cupcakes for that theme?
Hi Amy, I have 3 links below that may give you some ideas. I think various flowers, tiny hearts or even piped garden hats would be cute on cupcakes. One of the links is for making petit fours, I thought some of those ideas would work well on cupcakes. You could also just pipe a swirl and a small flower on top. Good luck
Garden Party Ideas for cupcakes
https://www.mycakeschool.com/blog/buttercream-ribbon-tutoria
https://www.mycakeschool.com/blog/how-to-make-petit-foursa-video-tutorial/
https://www.mycakeschool.com/blog/spring-cupcakes/
I could only find Verdi Raspberry Spumante as my champagne. Would I need to adjust the recipe since this is a sweeter wine?
Hi Hilary, I would keep the recipe as is. I hope you enjoy it!