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A new Christmas food trend is taking Australia by storm – with thousands setting off to create festive ‘buttercream boards’ for holiday season snacks.

A spin on the classic charcuterie board, buttercream boards hero the frosting as the main attraction and include little snacks for people to dip.

The grazing style platter is typically decorated festively – with the frosting fashioned into a snowman or Christmas trees.

Popular additions to the board are mini cookies, waffle crisps, marshmallows, chocolate, and fudge.

Some are also opting to include savoury treats like crackers or salted pretzels to balance out the sugar. 

A new Christmas food trend is taking Australia by storm - with thousands setting off to create festive 'buttercream boards' for holiday season snacks

A new Christmas food trend is taking Australia by storm – with thousands setting off to create festive ‘buttercream boards’ for holiday season snacks

A spin on the classic charcuterie board, buttercream boards hero the frosting as the main dip and include little snacks for people to dip

A spin on the classic charcuterie board, buttercream boards hero the frosting as the main dip and include little snacks for people to dip

Foodies have tried endless combinations of toppings to decorate their boards, including edible flowers, fruit, honey, nuts, and herbs.

The board is simple to make, and can be an easy snack, appetiser, or even an artful addition to a dinner party spread. 

In order to create a delicious buttercream board, you simply need to make homemade frosting or buy some from the supermarket.

Next, you just need to spread the buttercream onto a cheeseboard using a palette knife or piping bag – and you can also use food colouring to create designs like Santa Clause hats, Christmas trees, flowers, and more.

Even if you’re not much of an artist, you can make your simple colourless buttercream stand out by sprinkling chocolate chips or rainbow sprinkles on top. 

The grazing style platter is typically decorated festively - with the frosting fashioned into a snowman or Christmas trees

The grazing style platter is typically decorated festively – with the frosting fashioned into a snowman or Christmas trees

Thousands have shared how the imaginative boards are ‘saving’ their Christmases.

‘I am obsessed with this idea – so easy to make and my kids will love it,’ one said.

‘This is the perfect dessert for when you’re having friends over – everyone can just crowd around the board and dip,’ another shared.

‘I love that you can create so many different designs with these,’ a woman added. 

Foodies have tried endless combinations of toppings to decorate their boards, including edible flowers, fruit, honey, nuts, and herbs

The board is simple to make, and can be an easy snack, appetiser, or even an artful addition to a dinner party spread

Foodies have tried endless combinations of toppings to decorate their boards, including edible flowers, fruit, honey, nuts, and herbs

If you want to make the buttercream from scratch at home, you’ll need unsalted butter, icing sugar, and vanilla essence for flavour.

Professional baker Brooke Saward’s rule of thumb is to add in 4 cups of icing sugar per 1000g of butter.

The baker begins by placing room temperature butter into her KitchenAid and starts mixing in order to cream the butter.

She makes sure to wipe down the side of the bowl with a spatula at least three times during the process to so that all of the butter is beaten evenly.

Even if you're not much of an artist, you can make your simple colourless buttercream stand out by sprinkling chocolate chips or rainbow sprinkles on top

Even if you’re not much of an artist, you can make your simple colourless buttercream stand out by sprinkling chocolate chips or rainbow sprinkles on top

Brooke then sifts the icing sugar in when the butter is fluffy and a few shades lighter than when she started the process.

‘I always sift it so that there’s no clumps,’ she said. ‘And add the icing sugar in slowly so that it doesn’t fly out.’

She then adds in a few teaspoons of vanilla extract and continues to beat the ingredients until they are perfectly combined.

‘You have this beautiful smooth buttercream which takes colour really well at the end,’ she said proudly – and it’s ready to go on your holiday board.

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Post source: Daily mail