Incredibly Easy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This is a super easy and foolproof chocolate buttercream frosting recipe! It tastes amazing, has a nice chocolate flavor is is velvety smooth.
Servings 2.5 cups
Ingredients
- 8 tbsp room temperature butter I use salted butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar also called confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp coffee I use brewed Crio Bru which is roasted cocoa beans.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp milk or heavy cream
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or using a large bowl with a hand mixer add your butter. Mix for a few minutes to whip up the butter using the whisk attachment. Do this on low speed to start and move to medium speed.
- Add the cocoa powder, vanilla extract coffee (optional)and continue mixing. Scrape down the bowl to incorporate any butter that may not be mixed in.
- Alternate adding your milk and powdered sugar until it becomes soft and fluffy Make sure to scrape the bowl as needed. You want the texture to be a soft but firmer frosting. You can add more milk if you want it to be a softer frosting.
- Whip up using your hand mixer or stand mixer for a couple minutes until is is fluffy and creamy.
- Serve on your favorite cakes or cupcakes. I like to use it on my sourdough chocolate cake! This is a sweet but also flavorful frosting. By using salted butter is balances the sweetness of the frosting. You can store this in an airtight container on the counter or in the fridge. Remember that it will harden in the fridge and will need to be reincorporated to soften it up.