Best Chocolate Buttercream Icing Recipes

BASIC CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Beat butter and 1/4 cup cocoa powder together in a bowl with an electric mixer on low until light and fluffy. Gradually add milk, remaining 1/4 cup cocoa powder, and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until desired consistency is reached.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of barely simmering water (make sure the bowl isn't touching the water). Stir until melted. Alternatively, melt in the microwave, stirring every 30 secs. Leave the melted chocolate to cool for 5 mins.
• Mash the butter and icing sugar together with a fork first, then switch to a wooden spoon or electric beaters if you have them. Sift in the cocoa and pour in the melted chocolate, a pinch of salt and the milk, then mix again until smooth. Use to top cupcakes or cover and fill a chocolate sponge cake.

WILTON'S CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING, DECORATOR ICING/FROSTING

Steps:

• Stiff Consistency: In large bowl, cream shortening and butter with electric mixer. Add cocoa and vanilla. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry. Add milk, 1 tbsp at a time until you get the desired consistency and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Keep bowl covered with a damp cloth until ready to use. For best results, keep icing bowl in refrigerator when not in use. Refrigerated in an airtight container, this icing can be stored 2 weeks. Rewhip before using.
• Chocolate Mocha Icing: Substitute cold brewed strong coffee for milk in Chocolate Buttercream recipe.
• Darker Chocolate Icing: Add an additional 1/4 cup cocoa (or one additional 1 oz. square unsweetened chocolate, melted) and 1 additional tablespoon milk to Chocolate Buttercream Icing.
• For Thin (Spreading) Consistency Icing: Add 3-4 tablespoons light corn syrup, water or milk.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer until creamy; slowly beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, coffee, and salt until smooth and spreadable.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH RASPBERRY AND CHOCOLATE GANACHE FILLINGS AND BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat two 9-inch round cake pans with cooking spray.
• Whisk together the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and pudding mix in a medium bowl. Set aside. Bring the milk to a boil and add the white chocolate chips. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes, then stir until completely incorporated. Allow the white chocolate mixture to cool completely. Beat the oil, eggs and white chocolate mixture in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fully incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla and reduce the speed to low. Gradually add the flour mixture, beating until combined, about 3 minutes.
• Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pans. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out on wire racks to cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• For the raspberry filling: Combine the raspberries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Place over medium-high heat and slowly bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thickened. Let cool completely, about 45 minutes.
• For the chocolate ganache: Heat the heavy cream to boiling. Pour over the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl. Stir until completely smooth. Allow to cool to room temperature, about 45 minutes.
• For the buttercream: Beat the butter, shortening and vanilla in a large bowl with an electric mixer until combined and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• To assemble the cake: Level both cakes by running a sharp knife around the top edge of each cake, scoring it, then carefully cutting through the cakes along the score lines. Fill a piping back fitted with a No.12 tip with buttercream icing. Pipe a dam around the inside of the bottom layer of cake. Inside the dam, spread a very thin layer of raspberry filling, about 3 tablespoons (for this filling, less is more). Then top with a more generous layer of chocolate ganache, about a quarter-inch thick. Stack the other cake layer on top and cover the whole cake with buttercream icing.

CHOCOLATE LOVER'S CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease three 9-inch round baking pans.
• Combine 8 ounces baking chocolate and 2 tablespoons cream in a saucepan over low heat; cook and stir until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
• Beat 1 cup butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until creamy; mix in sour cream, 1 cup coffee, eggs, and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in melted chocolate mixture until combined.
• Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; beat flour mixture into butter mixture until well combined and smooth. Pour batter into the 3 prepared baking pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Heat 1/2 cup cream and 4 ounces baking chocolate together in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chocolate is melted, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in 1/3 cup coffee. Refrigerate mixture until completely cooled, about 30 minutes.
• Beat confectioners' sugar and 1 cup butter into cooled chocolate mixture in a large bowl until fluffy; add more confectioners' sugar until desired consistency is reached.
• Place 1 cake on a serving platter; spread icing on top of cake. Repeat layering with remaining cake and icing; spread icing on top and sides of entire layered cake.

CHOCOLATE MOCHA CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM MOCHA ICING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour one 13x9x2 inch pan. In a large mixing bowl, blend the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add the coffee, buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. (batter will be thin) Pour into prepared pan. Bake 30-40 minutes or until wooded toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Either, cool 10 minutes and remove cake from pan to wire rack to cool completely. Or, cool the cake completely in the pan before icing it.
• Butter Cream Mocha Icing.
• In a mixing bowl, cream the softened butter and Crisco until well blended. Add the powdered sugar, cocoa, vanilla, and milk mixture. Mix the milk into the coffee; add to mixture. Beat for 3-4 minutes until smooth and creamy. If icing seems a little too thick, add a bit more coffee or milk.

WILTON'S CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• 1. Stiff consistency In large bowl cream shortening and butter with mixer.
• 2. Add cocoa and vanilla.
• 3. Gradually add sugar one cup at a time. beating well on med speed.Scrape sides amd bottom of bowl often
• 4. When sugar is all in icing will appear dry add milk beat on med speed until light and fluffy
• 5. Keep bowl covered with damp cloth until ready to use.
• 6. For beat results keep icing bowl in fridge when not in use.
• 7. Refrifgerate up to two weeks in air tight container. Rewhip before using.
• 8. Chocolate Mocha Icing- Substitute cold brewed stronge coffee for milkin Chocolate Buttercream Icing
• 9. Dark Chocolate Icing- Add an additional 1/4 cup coca and 1 more Tbsp milk to Choloate Butercream Icing
• 10. For thin (spreading ) Consistency Add 3-4 Tbsp corn syrup, water or milk.

SUGAR-FREE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Grease 2 9-inch round cake pans with softened butter.
• Melt chocolate in double boiler. Then, combine cocoa powder and hot water and pour mixture into melted chocolate in boiler. Stir 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup malitol to chocolate mixture and stir 1 1/2 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Mix oat flour, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl.
• Combine buttermilk and vanilla in small bowl.
• Beat eggs and yolks on medium speed 10 seconds. Add remaining 1 1/4 cup malitol crystals increase speed to high 2-3 minutes.
• Add chocolate mixture to egg/malitol mixture and mix on medium speed 30-45 seconds. Add softened butter 1 Tbsp at a time. Add 1/3 of oat flour followed by half of buttermilk mixture and mix until incorporated and alternately mix until all oat flour and buttermilk blended inches.
• Pour batter into prepared cake pans.
• Bake 25 minutes. Cool cake pans 20 minutes then invert on wire rack. Let cakes cool 1 hour before frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Melt chocolate in double boiler. Remove from heat. Pour chocolate into medium bowl.
• Gradually whisk by hand cream into melted chocolate.
• With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat in butter, Malitol powder, cocoa powder, vanilla extract. Pour in chocolate mixture and beat until smooth and fluffy.
• Place 1 cake layer on serving platter. Spread 1/2 cup frosting evenly across top of cake. Place second layer on top then spread remaining eve evenly on top and sides if you wish. I like to pile all my frosting on top. Cut and serve.
• You can buy Malitol sugar replacer at whole food stores. For this recipe, you will need both Malitol crystals and Malitol powder. The brand I use is Nature Sweet. It measures cup for cup like sugar and is a natural sugar free sweetener made from corn. It contains no artificial ingredients and is suitable for low carb and diabetic diets. Once you cook with this, you will never want to use any other artificial sweetener again. This has no aftertaste and tastes just like sugar.

CHOCOLATE COFFEE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• 1. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl with an electric hand mixer until creamy; slowly beat in confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, coffee, and salt until smooth and spreadable.
• 2. **** This frosting will be great on any cake, muffins, donuts, cookies, brownies.

BABS CHOCOLATE BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• For cake: Put oven on to 350°F Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
• In a large bowl, mix together first five (dry) ingredients. Make well in bowl for wet ingredients.
• In a separate medium bowl, mix together oil, milk and eggs. Pour into the well in dry ingredients.
• As you begin to beat the batter, add the cup of hot coffee. Beat until well mixed then for two minutes on high.
• Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick placed in center comes out dry.
• Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and continue to cool on racks until completely cooled. Finish by icing with Buttercream that follows:.
• For Icing: Cream butter and shortening with mixer. Add vanilla extract.
• Gradually add confectioners' sugar while continually beating with mixer. Icing will seem dry.
• Add milk continually, mixing and scraping sides of bowl, until icing appears light and right consistency for icing cake.
• Cover until you are ready to icing. May be stored in refrigerator for 2 weeks if not used completely.
• Makes about 3 cups.

WHITE CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Combine 2 cups sugar, 3/4 cup water and 1/4 cup corn syrup in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and boil without stirring until candy thermometer registers 234 to 240 degrees F(soft ball stage).
• Meanwhile, using a heavy-duty electric mixer, beat 6 egg whites with 3/4 cup sugar in large bowl until soft peaks form. Beat in hot syrup in slow steady stream. Beat on medium speed until egg white mixture cools to room temperature, about 20 minutes.
• Cream 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons (4 1/2 sticks) butter in medium bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat into egg white mixture (mixture may appear curdled). Continue beating until smooth, light and fluffy.
• Place 2/3 pound chocolate in top of double broiler over barely simmering water. Turn off heat and stir until chocolate melts. Cool slightly. Using low speed, gradually beat chocolate into buttercream. Mix in 1 1/2 teasps vanilla. Transfer to large bowl.
• Repeat process 2 more times with remaining ingredients. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before beating slightly to restore mixture.).
• Makes enough to frost and decorate a 6", 9" and 12", three tier wedding cake.

CHOCOLATE RUM BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• mix sugar and butter until well blended, adding sugar slowly.
• add chocolate, vanilla, and butter rum oil.
• ad milk, adjusting as needed.
• beat at medium speed until desired consistency is reached.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Melt chocolate with 2 tablespoons of the butter.
• reserve.
• Place whole egg and egg yoks in medium mixer bowl, beat at high speed 1 minute.
• Reserve.
• Measure sugar and water into 1 quart nonaluminum saucepan, stir well.
• Cook over low heat until mixture simmers, cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Uncover sugar syrup, simmer slowly over low heat until it reaches soft ball stage-- 234 degrees to 240 degrees on a candy thermometer.
• While beating at high speed, immediately drizzle the sugar syrup into the reserved egg mixture.
• Continue beating until bottom of bowl is cool to touch.
• Gradually beat reserved chocolate mixture and the brandy into sugar mixture until thoroughly blended.
• Place remaining butter in small mixer bowl, beat at medium speed until fluffy.
• While beating chocolate mixture at high speed,add beaten butter, about 1 tablespoon at a time.
• When all butter has een added, beat about 5 minutes.
• Refrigerate buttercream, stirring every 10 minutes, until firm enough to spread, usually 30 to 40 minutes.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM ICING

Steps:

• Combine the chocolate and butter in a small heavy saucepan and melt over very low heat.
• Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the milk and vanilla, and transfer the mixture to a mixing bowl.
• Add the sugar gradually, beating with an electric mixer. Continue beating until the mixture is smooth--it will be runny.
• Refrigerate the mixture for 1 hour, beating every 15 minutes. (The icing will stiffen.).