What is the difference between French buttercream and Italian buttercream?

Keeping this in view, what is the difference between Italian and French buttercream?

French buttercream uses egg yolks rather thanwhites. Anyone who has ever had a sunny side up egg knows thatyolks have much more flavor than whites. Like Italianmeringue buttercream, French buttercream startswith a sugar syrup and requires a candythermometer.

Similarly, what type of buttercream is best? American buttercream is deliciously creamy, supersweet, and incredibly fluffy, and by far the easiestbuttercream to master. It's just a matter of beatingsoftened butter until it's fluffy, adding powdered sugar, cream,and a little vanilla and whipping it all together.

Also, what is the difference between buttercream and French buttercream?

Buttercream is a beloved frosting made witha combination of fat and sugar. At my house, we're all aboutthe butter + confectioners sugar variety. French buttercreamis made by heating a sugar syrup until it reaches soft ball stageand then whipping it into beaten egg yolks and softbutter.

What are the three types of buttercream?

Here is the low down on the four main types:

• 1) AMERICAN: Powder sugar + softened butter + milk +vanilla.
• 2) SWISS: Egg whites + light corn syrup + white sugar +softened butter.
• 3) FRENCH: Egg yolks + homemade sugar syrup + butter.
• 4) ITALIAN: Homemade sugar syrup + egg whites + white sugar +softened butter.