Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

This creamy chocolate frosting makes enough to frost and fill a 9" layer cake or pipe swirls onto 24 cupcakes

👥 3 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 10 min⏳ Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 5 min👤 Shelly📖 cookiesandcups

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🥘 Ingredients

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🍳 Cookware

bowl

📝 Preparation Steps

In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the butter, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, vanilla, and warm water and mix on low speed, until the mixture just comes together.

powdered sugar8 cups

Slowly increase the speed to medium and beat the frosting for ⏱️ 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Let the frosting cool for ⏱️ 15 minutes before using.

You can spread this frosting or pipe it into swirls!

Nutrition Facts

calories

334 calories

fat Content

8.1 g

serving Size

1/4 cup

fiber Content

1.1 g

sugar Content

66.6 g

sodium Content

62.4 mg

protein Content

0.7 g

trans Fat Content

0.3 g

cholesterol Content

20.3 mg

carbohydrate Content

68.8 g

saturated Fat Content

5.1 g

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