Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is a creamy, classic chocolate frosting recipe that is delicious on cakes and cupcakes. You only need 5 ingredients to whip up a batch of this very delicious frosting recipe!
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
There are a lot of frosting recipes in te world, but the most popular, in my opinion, is the buttercream frosting recipe.
You can make the basic, but delicious vanilla buttercream, peanut butter, peppermint, mocha, rum, and many more.
Today’s recipe is all about the chocolate flavored American buttercream frosting. My personal favorite!
What is Buttercream?
Buttercream is butter and powdered sugar that are creamed together to form a sweet and spreadable frosting.
It may also have vanilla, and sometimes a flavored extract or other type of flavorful ingredient, such as cocoa powder, added.
There are other, more advanced buttercream frostings, but the American version is used by most home cooks.
It forms a light “crust” when exposed to the air, which can be nice for transporting a cake or cupcakes.
A Few Basic Buttercream Tips
• Use room temperature to slightly cool butter. Not too soft, not too cold.
• Add less powdered sugar than the recipe calls for, then taste and add more as desired.
• Add the milk only 1 Tablespoon at a time. You want to get to a spreadable consistency, and not too “loose”.
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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2 sticks Unsalted Butter, room temperature
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- pinch of Salt
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar or to taste
- 3-5 Tbsp Milk just enough to loosen it
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, using a hand mixer, or in a stand mixer using the paddle attachment, cream the butter on med-low speed.
- Add the vanilla, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix on low speed.
- Add 1 cup of the powdered sugar and mix, starting on low speed.
- Add 1 Tablespoon of the milk and mix in, then add another cup of the powdered sugar and mix it in.
- Add more milk if needed, just 1 Tablespoon at a time, until the frosting is at a spreadable consistency.
- Taste and add more powdered sugar to get to the sweetness you like. Then add a little more milk, if needed.
- Mix on medium-high speed to make the frosting fluffier.
- Use right away, or store in the fridge with plastic wrap covering the frosting, touching it so it doesn't get a "skin" on it.
- Let chilled frosting come up to room temperature before spreading or piping.
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