Strawberry Buttercream Frosting & Turning 40!

february is always a ridiculously busy month for our family.  between valentines day, anniversaries, 3 birthdays, it's a lot to jam into the shortest month of the year.  so.....birthday month continues...

this year is especially monumental, my mr. handsome turned forty!!  i have been fortunate/lucky/blessed enough to spend the last 19 birthdays with him (also, that's a heck of a lot of cake)

so like i do for all birthdays, i take requests.  mr. handsome wanted a lemon cake with strawberry frosting (i really pushed for blueberry to be completely honest, because that's just a dynamite duo).  but, it's not my day so i'm happy to oblige.  

happy birthday babe.  thanks for being the best husband, dad and kick ass friend ever.  we sure do love you!

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter
4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup fresh or frozen (thawed) strawberries
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of salt


method:
in blender add strawberries and puree until smooth.
in stand up electric mixer beat butter until light and fluffy.
add in 1 cup of sugar,2 tablespoons of strawberry puree and vanilla until just blended.
repeat with remaining sugar and 3-4 more tablespoons of puree.
if frosting is still too thick you can thin it out with a little milk.