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Buttercream is the thick, sweet paste bakers spread on cakes and squeeze between layers. You beat butter with a lot of sugar until it is pale, smooth, and holds its shape; then you can flavour it (vanilla, chocolate, coffee) and colour it for birthdays.
Buttercream is the thick, sweet paste bakers spread on cakesButtercream是烘焙師傅塗在蛋糕上的濃稠、香甜糊狀物, and squeeze between layers也拿來夾在蛋糕層與層之間You beat butter with a lot of sugar until it is pale, smooth, and holds its shape把奶油和大量糖打到顏色變淺、質地滑順、能維持形狀; then you can flavour it (vanilla, chocolate, coffee)接著可以加香料調味（香草、巧克力、咖啡）, and colour it for birthdays也可以為生日蛋糕上色
It is not whipped cream — the light, fluffy stuff you get from beating liquid cream — and it is not a of butter on bread. Buttercream is heavier, much sweeter, and it sits on a cake without falling down.
It is not whipped cream它不是whipped cream打發鮮奶油 — the light, fluffy stuff you get from beating liquid cream那種把液狀鮮奶油打發後輕盈蓬鬆的東西 — and it is not a knob of butter on bread也不是塗在麵包上的一小塊奶油Buttercream is heavier, much sweeterButtercream比較厚重、甜得多, and it sits on a cake without falling down而且塗在蛋糕上不會塌下來
Cake shops and home bakers both use the word; it is kitchen English, not formal writing. People sometimes stretch it to any butter-and-sugar , even when the tin of 'butter' was really .
Cake shops and home bakers both use the word蛋糕店和在家烘焙的人都會用這個字; it is kitchen English, not formal writing這是廚房裡的英語，不是正式書面用語People sometimes stretch it to any butter-and-sugar icing人們有時候會把這個字用得更寬鬆，泛指任何奶油加糖做的糖霜, even when the tin of 'butter' was really margarine即使那罐「奶油」其實是人造奶油
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
buttercreamnoun
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cookingfoodlifestyleA 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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。