Chocolate Buttercream is a combination of butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, cocoa powder, melted chocolate is added for taste and texture.
Chocolate Buttercream
Are you looking for a special frosting to spread on a special cake..Then this is it. Even though it is a rum infused chocolate frosting, you can easily skip this and make it plain chocolate frosting. Totally yummy indeed. This frosting is so fudgy and chocolaty you can never resist it by digging it with a spoon.
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About Chocolate Buttercream
Buttercream is a combination of butter, powdered sugar, vanilla. Sometimes cocoa powder, melted chocolate is added for taste and texture.
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 corn syrup 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.
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Chocolate Buttercream Ingredients
- 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)
Chocolate Buttercream Preparation
- 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.
Version 1: Fudgy Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take dark chocolate chips in a saucepan |
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| butter in the pan |
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| melt it together and remove it from heat to cool down |
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| In the meantime sift some icing sugar |
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| once it is sifted |
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| sift in cocoa powder |
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| sift it as well |
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| Pour in the cooled chocolate butter mix |
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| use a beater to cream this |
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| add in vanilla |
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| now it is mixed..It will look little crumbly at this point |
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| Now keep adding milk, little by little.. |
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| keep mixing till it gets creamy |
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| Now this is optional...Add a shot of rum |
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| Look how creamy it is |
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| Enjoy this by spreading it all over your favourite cake.. I made a special boozy cake to have this..Will share that soon |
Version 2: Double Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
This is my latest addiction of frosting. It is too good to resist. It taste amazing when slathered over cakes or cupcakes. I used it in my swiss roll and it was perfection. Try this out and let me know how it turns out for you.
Pictorial:
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| Take chocolate and butter in a saucepan |
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| melt it gently and set aside |
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| take butter in a bowl |
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| whip till creamy and fluffy |
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| add some of the sifted icing sugar |
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| sifted cocoa powder as well |
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| whip till creamy |
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| add remaining powdered sugar |
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| whip well |
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| add the chocolate mix |
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| mix well |
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| add vanilla |
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| add little milk |
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| now whip this till the smooth texture is reached |
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| Done |
Version 3: Basic Chocolate Buttercream
This is a basic chocolate buttercream which is basic and creamy perfect to frost cakes and cupcakes.
Pictorial:
1)Take all your ingredients
2)Take butter in a bowl
3)Add sugar
4)Add vanilla
4)Cocoa powder is added
5)Add milk and cream well
6)Add in powdered sugar and cream again.
7)Now it is creamy.
8)Frost as needed.
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Chocolate Buttercream | Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Ingredients
Fudgy Chocolate Buttercream
- Confectioners Sugar / Icing Sugar - 2 cup
- Cocoa Powder - 3 tblspn
- Dark Chocolate Chips - 1 cup
- Unsalted Butter - 150 grams
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
- Milk - ¼ cup or as needed
- Rum - 1 tblspn optional
Double Chocolate Buttercream
- Dark Chocolate Chips - ¾ cup
- Butter - ¼ cup 50 grams
- Butter - ½ cup 100 grams
- Icing Sugar / Confectioners Sugar - 2 to 3 cups 300 grams
- Cocoa Powder - 4 tblspn
- Vanilla Essence - 2 tsp
- Milk as needed
Basic Chocolate Buttercream
- 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
Instructions
Fudgy Chocolate Buttercream
- Take chocolate and butter in a pan and melt it together in a sauce pan, let it cool down.
- Now sift cocoa and icing sugar together.
- Pour the cooled chocolate mix and use a beater to cream this up.
- Add in vanilla, milk, add milk little by little a tblspn at a time and beat till creamy.
- Now add in rum and cream this up. You can use this to spread over your favourite cake.
Double Chocolate Buttercream
- Sift your icing sugar and cocoa powder.
- Take chocolate chips and 2 tblspn butter in a sauce pan and melt on low heat till it is all melted. Set aside to cool down completely.
- Now take ½ cup butter in a bowl and whip till creamy.
- Add in half of the icing sugar whip till creamy.
- Add remaining half of the icing sugar and cocoa and whip it up.
- Add melted cooled chocolate and mix well.
- Add vanilla and milk and whip again till creamy.
- Now the frosting is done.
- Use as needed.
Basic Chocolate Buttercream
- 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..
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Anonymous
This is so amazing
Anonymous
Mam plz tel me the alternative ingredient of egg ?? In rum cake which u have posted earlier..
Aarthi
@Anonymoussorry no substitute for eggs
TULASI VINOTH
Both the rum cake and frosting came out so well for me.. It was super spongy and yummy.. Thanks for the recipe..
Jeannete Banis
Hi aarthi I want to make this frosting can I use dark chocolate bar instead of chocolate chips. If yes then pl mention the qty. Thx
Aarthi
@Jeannete Banisyes u can use, use around 250 grams
Cats' Lover
Wow superb.. aunty pls tell me,should it set in fridge after making and how long we refrigerate it if some frosting left
Aarthi
@Cats' Loveryes store it in fridge, u can keep it for more than 10 days.
Anonymous
Would you plz tell me where can I find dark chocolate chips..?
Aarthi
@Anonymousi got it online.
avantika
Hi Aarthi, thank you for a wonderful practical and detailed recipe with a pictorial guide too. Cake came out very well
Anonymous
The cake turned out to be super delicious!! Thankyou for sharing the recipe..
But there is leftover frosting, can u suggest its alternative use in some cookies or anything of such kind?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyou can make cake pops, or use it in cookies
lItErAlly
Hi Aarthi,
What sort of rum did you use for this recipe? light? dark? and would you mind sharing the brand too please?
Thank you and happy new year!
K
Aarthi
@lItErAllyi used bacardi
Neha Parveen
is there any substitute for icing sugar