Chocolate Buttercream | Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe
Chocolate Buttercream is a combination of butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, cocoa powder, melted chocolate is added for taste and texture.
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Deserts
Cuisine American
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
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..