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Chocolate Buttercream is a combination of butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, cocoa powder, melted chocolate is added for taste and texture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. About Chocolate Buttercream

2. Version 1: Fudgy Chocolate Buttercream Recipe

3. Version 2: Double Chocolate Buttercream Recipe

4. Version 3: Basic Chocolate Buttercream

5. 📖 Recipe

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.

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.

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

Take all your ingredients

Take dark chocolate chips in a saucepan

butter in the pan

melt it together and remove it from heat to cool down

In the meantime sift some icing sugar

once it is sifted

sift in cocoa powder

sift it as well

Pour in the cooled chocolate butter mix

use a beater to cream this

add in vanilla

now it is mixed..It will look little crumbly at this point

Now keep adding milk, little by little..

keep mixing till it gets creamy

Now this is optional...Add a shot of rum

Look how creamy it is

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:

Take chocolate and butter in a saucepan

melt it gently and set aside

take butter in a bowl

whip till creamy and fluffy

add some of the sifted icing sugar

sifted cocoa powder as well

whip till creamy

add remaining powdered sugar

whip well

add the chocolate mix

mix well

add vanilla

add little milk

now whip this till the smooth texture is reached

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
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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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Anonymous

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This is so amazing

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Anonymous

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Mam plz tel me the alternative ingredient of egg ?? In rum cake which u have posted earlier..

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Aarthi

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@Anonymoussorry no substitute for eggs

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TULASI VINOTH

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Both the rum cake and frosting came out so well for me.. It was super spongy and yummy.. Thanks for the recipe..

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Jeannete Banis

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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

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Aarthi

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@Jeannete Banisyes u can use, use around 250 grams

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Cats' Lover

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Wow superb.. aunty pls tell me,should it set in fridge after making and how long we refrigerate it if some frosting left

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Aarthi

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@Cats' Loveryes store it in fridge, u can keep it for more than 10 days.

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Anonymous

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Would you plz tell me where can I find dark chocolate chips..?

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Aarthi

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@Anonymousi got it online.

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avantika

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Hi Aarthi, thank you for a wonderful practical and detailed recipe with a pictorial guide too. Cake came out very well

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Anonymous

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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?

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Aarthi

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@Anonymousyou can make cake pops, or use it in cookies

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lItErAlly

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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

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Aarthi

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@lItErAllyi used bacardi

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Neha Parveen

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is there any substitute for icing sugar

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