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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

July 31, 2011 By Aarthi 33 Comments

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A simple yet wonderful icing that go on with lots of your cakes and cupcakes…This is a basic icing so I am giving it as a separate post..I recommend you to add honey in this frosting because that gives you the glossy effect,you could also add cornsyrup in this..You could make this icing and set this in fridge,but take it out of the fridge a couple hours ago before you frost any cakes…Hope you all learnt a good icing recipe now,so wait for my cakes and cupcake recipe that calls for this…

Ingrediants:
Unsalted Butter- 1 cup softened
Confectioners Sugar / Icing Sugar – 4 cup sifted
Vanilla Essence -2 tsp
Cocoa – ¾ cup
Milk – 3 to 4 tblspn
Honey-2 tblspn(optional-but I recommend adding this,it gives you the glossy effect)
Method:
In a mixing bowl add in butter and half of the sugar and beat with a electric beater till fluffy and creamy..
Add in vanilla and beat again..Now add in entire amount of cocoa and beat again till fluffy.
Pour in the milk little at a time and beat till creamy..Tip in the rest of the sugar and beat well..
If you need you could add in the honey and mix it with a wooden spoon.
Use this for any cake..
Pictorial:
Ur ingrediants for icing
Cream your butter
add in half of the sugar
in with vanilla
now add in your cocoa powder
drizzle in your milk
throw in other half of the sugar
Cream well…
Use this for your cakes (Wait for the recipe)
and your cupcakes  (Wait for the recipe)
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Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. Mijú

    July 31, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Yo me quedo con la dieta sana mediterranea aceite de oliva virgen.
    Un saludito

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  2. lola

    July 31, 2011 at 3:06 pm

    queda muy brillante y con muy buen aspecto

    ¡¡besos¡¡

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  3. Gloria

    July 31, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Look delicious! gloria

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  4. Vimitha Anand

    July 31, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    Simple yet yummy looking icing

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  5. Nithya

    July 31, 2011 at 5:06 pm

    One of my most favorite topping for cakes is this chocolate butter cream 🙂 looks perfect.

    Reply
  6. são33

    July 31, 2011 at 5:57 pm

    SIMPLES E DELICIOSA.
    BOM DOMINGO
    BJS

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  7. Cooking Creation

    July 31, 2011 at 6:29 pm

    YUM! This sounds so good!

    Reply
  8. Carolina

    July 31, 2011 at 9:33 pm

    It,s looks so yummy and so shining.
    Kisses

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  9. LA COCINERA DE BETULO

    July 31, 2011 at 9:43 pm

    Apetece comérselo a cucharadas.
    Besos.

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  10. Dzoli

    July 31, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Great idea to let people see how the icing is done.And stay with quantities folks.Even it looks simple it can be ruined quickly:)

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  11. Hamaree Rasoi

    August 1, 2011 at 2:08 am

    Yummy looking icing! can't wait for the recipe of the cake.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  12. alp

    August 1, 2011 at 7:39 am

    jejej, hemos puesto fotos parecida la del bol de chocolate..un saludo desde Murcia, espero que te guste a tí la tarta de mi madre. La tuya, deliciosa….un abrazo.

    Reply
  13. LaMagicaZucca

    August 1, 2011 at 10:19 am

    Wonderfull your blog…
    I love your recipes.
    I have added to your followers because of the content offered is very interesting and pleasant to read.
    If you like, go and see, you're welcome.
    The magic pumpkin

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  14. My Sassy Chef

    August 1, 2011 at 1:07 pm

    Oh, your icing looks so good! 🙂 I haven't tried making my own icing, but this looks easy enough!

    Please check my post for this week: Gardenia Plant Tour and Interesting Snacks You Can Make

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  15. Amy J. and Tiffanie A.

    August 1, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    Can you come bring me one of these now????

    YUMMY!!!!

    Reply
  16. Emily of The Best of this Life

    August 1, 2011 at 4:06 pm

    Great recipe to have! Love chocolate icing, yummy!

    Reply
  17. FOODILICIOUS

    August 6, 2011 at 3:53 am

    Looks delicious!!..the addition of honey is new to me..next time i'll surely add honey..thanx 4 the tip!!

    Reply
  18. Anonymous

    October 7, 2012 at 8:31 pm

    its was very good but i gave them to my whole family and they all got sick

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  19. Kimmi

    August 20, 2014 at 5:43 am

    Can we use homemade white butter for substitute of unsalted butter?

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  20. Aarthi

    August 20, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    @Kimmiyes u can i think, but the milk should be adjusted, because white butter has more water content

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  21. Madhu

    February 23, 2015 at 11:10 am

    Can we use Normal powdered sugar(just grinding the granulated sugar to powder form) rather than icing sugar?

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  22. Aarthi

    February 23, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    @MadhuNo icing sugar is what gives you the creamy texture to the frosting.

    Reply
  23. Renuka Kadam

    July 31, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Hi i have a lot of margarine…which i had bought unknowingly..for frosting..can i use the same.

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  24. Aarthi

    July 31, 2015 at 3:53 pm

    @Renuka Kadamyou can use margarine..

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  25. Anonymous

    July 31, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    Can you pls tell me if we can use salted amul butter in place of unsalted butter in buttercream recipes….?! i know, the salty taste will come, but will it affect the texture in any way and will it do ? Thanks

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  26. Aarthi

    July 31, 2015 at 7:24 pm

    @Anonymousi think u can use salted butter in frosting, since there is quite a bit of sugar going in the frosting, it wont affect the taste much..

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  27. Anonymous

    September 6, 2015 at 10:52 pm

    this recipes looks still to wet and it's not holding it shape….butter cream suppose to be much thicker… so wen u pipe it out it won't be everywhere …i will be using this recipe for my cupcake, but ill will see wat consistency I've also want it

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  28. Aarthi

    September 8, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    @Anonymousadd more sifted sugar

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  29. Chitra Shivaramakrishnan

    November 20, 2015 at 12:37 pm

    Which brand is ur electric beater?

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  30. Aarthi

    November 20, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    @Chitra Shivaramakrishnani have two, i use nova and black and decker

    Reply
  31. abi abinaya

    January 6, 2016 at 5:34 am

    Hi Aarthi,
    Shall i use this for making cream biscuits…
    Otherwise which cream can be used?
    Thanks..,

    Reply
  32. Aarthi

    January 20, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    @abi abinayayes u can use this for cream biscuit as well

    Reply
  33. Kavitha

    April 5, 2020 at 3:35 am

    Give me measurement in gram

    Reply

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