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How To Make Vegan Vanilla Frosting

Published: Oct 1, 2015 Modified: Mar 25, 2019 by Alison Andrews This post may contain affiliate links

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How to make Vegan Vanilla Frosting

This vegan vanilla frosting is smooth, creamy and delicious! Easy 4-ingredient recipe, ideal for use on cakes, cupcakes and cookies!

Vegan vanilla frosting in a mixing bowl.

This vegan vanilla frosting is smooth, creamy and delicious.

Ideal for use on cakes, cupcakes and cookies!

Just 4 ingredients, this really couldn’t be simpler and you’ll love how rich it is, even while using a minimal amount of vegan butter.

An electric mixer is required but you can whip this up in 10 minutes from start to finish and get on with the important job of enjoying whatever delicious treat you’ve prepared.

I love this frosting on a vanilla sponge cake. This is exactly the frosting (topped with strawberries) we used on the vanilla cake you see below!

Vegan vanilla frosting on a vegan vanilla cake.

Vanilla on vanilla is rather marvellous I must say! Or mix and match a bit and use it on a fabulous vegan chocolate cake!

But there are other uses! 

This frosting is perfect to spread on cakes or cookies, but it is also ideal to pipe onto cupcakes. 

Ingredients for a vegan vanilla frosting.

The cool thing about this recipe is that it’s so simple and easy to throw together.

And it just works out every time.

Not to mention that it contains simple ingredients. I still haven’t figured out what ‘shortening’ even is, let alone putting it into my frosting recipes!

So if you’re similarly a fan of the simple, then this is for you!

Vegan vanilla frosting in a mixing bowl.

So I think you’re really going to love this vegan vanilla frosting, it’s:

  • Smooth
  • Velvety
  • Deliciously Sweet
  • Simple
  • Perfect on cakes, cupcakes or cookies

It’s super sweet of course, but that’s what you want in a frosting isn’t it? 

Vegan vanilla frosting being frosted onto a vegan vanilla cake.

For more delicious frostings, check out our Vegan Chocolate Frosting and Vegan Cream Cheese Frosting recipes! And of course, see some of our frostings in action on some of our cakes!

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  6. Vegan Banana Cake

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Vegan vanilla frosting in a white mixing bowl.

 

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Vegan Vanilla Frosting

How To Make Vegan Vanilla Frosting


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  • Author: Loving It Vegan
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 10 mins
  • Yield: 10
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This vegan vanilla frosting is smooth, creamy and delicious! Easy 4-ingredient recipe, ideal for use on cakes, cupcakes and cookies!


Ingredients

  • 3 and 3/4 cups (450g) Powdered Sugar
  • 3 Tbsp (45g) Vegan Butter
  • 4 Tbsp (60ml) Soy Milk*
  • 2 tspĀ Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  1. Add the powdered sugar, vegan butter, half the soy milk and vanilla extract to a mixing bowl.
  2. Using your electric mixer, start at low speed, gradually increasing speed. Add the rest of the soy milk in slowly until perfectly smooth and thick.*
  3. It should be very thick, but still easily spreadable.

Notes

*You can switch soy milk for almond milk or another non-dairy milk if you prefer.

*You might not need to use all the soy milk to achieve the desired consistency. Some vegan butters have a higher water content than others and this can make some end up too runny, so only use as much as needed. If it still ends up too thin, add more powdered sugar.

  • Category: Vegan, Baking, How To
  • Cuisine: Vegan

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Serve (of 10)
  • Calories: 200
  • Sugar: 44g
  • Sodium: 33mg
  • Fat: 2g
  • Saturated Fat: 0.4g
  • Carbohydrates: 45g
  • Protein: 0.2g

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Hi I'm Alison Andrews, I'm the voice and cook behind Loving It Vegan. I love making delicious vegan food and creating vegan versions of all your old favorites, so that you’ll never feel like you’re missing out. Find out more about me here.

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  1. Lili Pierret says

    December 31, 2020 at 9:09 am

    Would this recipe be sufficient ice the middle layer, top layer, and sides, of a victoria sponge cake (8″)?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 31, 2020 at 10:08 am

      Yes! šŸ™‚

      Reply
  2. Shirly says

    December 24, 2020 at 3:46 am

    What kinda of vegan butter are you using? Should it be salted?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 24, 2020 at 7:55 am

      I usually use regular salted vegan butter, but either/or will be fine.

      Reply
  3. Tom says

    December 21, 2020 at 3:12 pm

    Love your sugar cookies and made them for the second year in a row to be decorated for Christmas. This year I used your vegan frosting which was nice and creamy. However, the combo was a bit too sweet and I couldn’t figure out why until our daughter (dairy-free) pointed out that the almond milk I used was the sweetened variant in both the cookies and frosting. Oops! My bad and I will try it again next time with an UNSWEETENED milk substitute.

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 22, 2020 at 12:26 pm

      Oh hahaha, yes that could take it to the slightly too sweet side! šŸ™‚

      Reply
  4. Edel says

    December 18, 2020 at 2:57 am

    Hi Alison, how many cupcakes would this recipe frost

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      December 18, 2020 at 10:34 am

      It depends, 12-16 if piping on generously, a lot more if you’re just spreading the frosting.

      Reply
  5. Amanda says

    November 04, 2020 at 12:47 am

    For the milk does it have to be soy I use almond or oat milk is either one fine?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      November 04, 2020 at 11:44 am

      You can really use any non-dairy milk you like. šŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Millie says

    October 09, 2020 at 4:22 pm

    Can I make this frosting and refrigerate it for 3 days before it goes on the cake?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      October 10, 2020 at 9:55 am

      Yes you can.

      Reply
  7. Josh says

    September 20, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    Can I pipe with this icing?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      September 21, 2020 at 10:45 am

      You can, provided it is thick enough, we made a very similar frosting for our vegan oreo cupcakes so you can see how it piped on that recipe. Otherwise try our vegan buttercream frosting that pipes great as well.

      Reply
  8. Hannah Wentzlaff says

    September 18, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    My family is dairy-free but not completely vegan. If I want to use actual eggs instead of the Flax eggs, how many eggs should I use?

    Reply
    • Alison Andrews says

      September 19, 2020 at 9:20 am

      Hi Hannah, I’m not sure what recipe you’re referring to, but this one doesn’t use any flax eggs. But generally speaking, 1 flax egg would equal 1 regular egg.

      Reply
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