Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
This is my go to Chocolate Buttercream Recipe! It’s soft, fluffy and incredibly decadent, pipes beautifully onto your chocolate cupcakes and is perfectly smooth and luscious to layer with a chocolate cake.
Ingredients
- 2 Sticks Butter
- 5 Cups Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 - 1 Cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl if you are using a hand mixer add the room temperature butter. Beat on high speed for about 5 minutes until the butter is soft and almost doubled in volume.
- Add the sugar in thirds, beating in between until completely incorporated. With the last third of the sugar add in the cocoa powder.
- The buttercream will be very thick at this point, turn the mixer to low speed and stream in half a cup of milk. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add more milk if you would like a thinner consistency.
- Add in the vanilla essence and beat for a further 2 minutes.
- Pipe onto your cupcakes or use to decorate your cakes.
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Nutrition
Sodium: 60mgCalcium: 156mgVitamin A: 198IUSugar: 202gFiber: 5gPotassium: 379mgCholesterol: 12mgCalories: 893kcalSaturated Fat: 3gFat: 6gProtein: 7gCarbohydrates: 214gIron: 2mg
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