Email to Pattie's Place Recipe Categories: Pattiecakes's HOME PAGECAKESandPIES COOKIES RolledCookies Butter Cream Frosting List of Ingredients 1/3 cup cold butter or margarine 1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar 4 to 6 tablespoons milk or cream 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla Instructions Cream butter and sugar on low speed until crumbly Beat in vanilla. Add milk or cream 1 tablespoon at a time until it reaches spreading consistency.