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buttercream

noun

Etymology

From butter + cream.

  1. derived from *(s)krama-✻
  2. derived from *crama✻
  3. derived from crāmum
  4. derived from χρῖσμα
  5. derived from chrisma
  6. derived from creme, cresme
  7. inherited from creime, creme
  8. compounded as buttercream — “butter + cream”

Definitions

  1. A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes…

    A type of thick, sweet icing or cake-filling made by creaming butter (or sometimes another fat, such as margarine) with powdered sugar.

    • He was the first one to use gelatin in his buttercreams, and to make such extensive use of the freezer.

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