BEST CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

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Categories     Chocolate

Number Of Ingredients 8

Perfect Chocolate Buttercream Frosting is an essential when it comes to birthday cakes and other celebrations. Get this family favorite, perfect chocolate buttercream frosting recipe.
Author: Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch
•1½ cups butter (3 sticks), softened
•1 cup unsweetened cocoa
•5 cups confectioner's sugar
•½ cup milk
•2 teaspoons vanilla extract
•½ teaspoon espresso powder

Steps:

  • Instructions 1.Add cocoa to a large bowl or bowl of stand mixer. Whisk through to remove any lumps. 2.Cream together butter and cocoa powder until well-combined. 3.Add sugar and milk to cocoa mixture by adding 1 cup of sugar followed by about a tablespoon of milk. After each addition has been combined, turn mixer onto a high speed for about a minute. Repeat until all sugar and milk have been added. 4.Add vanilla extract and espresso powder and combine well. 5.If frosting appears too dry, add more milk, a tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency. If it appears to wet and does not hold its form, add more confectioner's sugar, a tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency.

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