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Best Ever Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Aanchal Gupta
The best Chocolate Buttercream icing made with real butter,Cocoa powder and sugar.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup/2 sticks/230 gms Unsalted Butter
  • 3 1/2 cup Confectioners Sugar/Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 3 tbsp milk or water if you prefer
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Bring butter to room temperature by leaving it on countertop for 2 hours.
  • Mix confectioners sugar,cocoa powder and salt(All dry ingredients)
  • Beat the butter for 3 minutes on medium till its creamy.
  • Add vanilla extract and keep beating till its incorporated.
  • On LOW setting/speed
  • Add 1/2 cup of the mixed dry ingredients to the butter and keep beating well.
  • Keep scraping sides of sides of bowl with spatula in between.
  • When you have used up about half of the sugar/cocoa mixture, add a tbsp of milk.
  • Keep adding 1/2 sugar/cocoa mix and 1 tbsp milk to the butter till everything is used up.
  • Increase to HIGH setting/speed and beat for 3-4 minutes.
  • Its done when you take a spoonful of frosting and turn the spoon over/upside down and the icing does not fall.

Notes

If icing is a little thin,add 1/2 cup more of confectioners sugar. If its too thick, thin it out with some milk/water, adding a tsp at a time.
Cover and store in an air tight container for upto a week in the refrigerator.
Enough to ice 16-18 cupcakes or a large 9x13 sheet cake.
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