Dark Chocolate Frosting, an easy and delicious frosting that you will want to make again and again. If you enjoy chocolate than you will love this dark chocolate frosting!
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Dark Chocolate Frosting
This is one of my favorite frostings! I probably say that about every frosting I make but oh well.
I guess I just love frosting!
This easy chocolate frosting recipe is rich, smooth, and something you will love!
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How to make dark chocolate frosting:
- Whip the butter
- Mix in espresso powder, dark cocoa powder, and vanilla
- Mix in the powdered sugar and heavy cream
- Enjoy!
What if my frosting is too runny?
Mix in more powdered sugar until you get the consistency you want. Start with ¼ powered sugar then increase from there.
What if my frosting is too stiff?
Mix in more heavy whipping cream until you get the consistency you want. Start with 1 tbs heavy whipping cream then increase from there.
Add sprinkles to your chocolate frosting for an extra flair!
I recently used this chocolate buttercream recipe on my Valentines Day Cupcakes– and it was perfect!
This dark chocolate buttercream frosting is so good- you need to make this asap!
Make sure to check out my other frosting recipes!
- Milk Chocolate Buttercream
- Marshmallow Frosting
- Brown Sugar Frosting
- Best Vanilla Frosting
- Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Grapefruit Frosting
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Dark Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- ½ cup cold butter cut into chunks
- ½ tsp espresso powder
- ½ cup dark cocoa powder I used Hershey’s Special Dark
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 12 tbs heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- In a mixer whip the butter until it is fluffy.
- Add in the espresso powder, dark cocoa powder, and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add in powdered sugar and heavy whipping cream. Alternating between the two. I like to add in 1 cup of powder sugar followed by 2 tbs of heavy whipping cream, let it combine and then add the next round of powdered sugar and cream.
- Once everything is added, mix on high for 20-30 seconds.
- Enjoy!
are you sure its only 1/2 cup butter to 5 cups 10x sugar?
Yep! Sounds crazy but it turns out delicious and perfect for decorating cupcakes or cakes! And make sure you use powdered sugar not regular granulated sugar.
Just finished icing the bday cake excellent frosting .I added dark chocolate chips.thanks
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will this keep well in the fridge for a couple of days? i usually keep buttercream in the fridge and rewhip it after it’s sat out for a couple of hours.
Yep that should be fine. It will get much harder, so letting it come back to room temp, or close to, might help along with rewhipping.