Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe - How to Make Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This chocolate buttercream frosting recipe is perfect for decorating cakes, piping and frosting different desserts. The light and airy buttercream is made with cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and butter, then finished off with a generous dash of salt to balance out the sweetness. It's ideal for piping swirls on cupcakes, frosting layer cakes and filling cake layers with.
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Ingredients:
- Butter
- Cocoa powder
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Heavy cream
- Salt
How to Make Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This recipe is perfect for any chocolate lover. This chocolate buttercream frosting is creamy, light and not too sweet. You can use it to decorate cakes, cupcakes and other desserts. Add in different ingredients to make the icing your own.
A lot of buttercream frostings recipes can be dry, but this one is creamy and light. It's perfect for decorating cakes and piping different desserts.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (115g) Butter, softened
- 1/3 cup (40g) Cocoa powder
- 1¾ cups (220g) Powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, beat butter until fluffy.
- Add cocoa powder and beat until combined.
- Beat in powdered sugar, one cup at a time, beating in between.
- Add vanilla extract, heavy cream and beat until incorporated.
- Transfer to a piping bag, pipe onto the cupcakes, cake or any dessert.
