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Creamy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This creamy chocolate buttercream frosting will quickly become your go-to chocolate frosting recipe. This frosting pipes beautifully, tastes amazing, and has a silky smooth consistency. Pair this frosting with yellow cake or chocolate cake to make a chocolate lover's favorite birthday cake!
👥 5 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 15 min⏳ Prep: 15 min👤 Courtney📖 cakemehometonight
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a microwave-safe bowl, heat the semisweet chocolate chips in ⏱️ 15 second intervals, stirring in between each interval, until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
2
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the room temperature butter for ⏱️ 5 minutes until it is pale and creamy. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl as needed.
3
Add half of the powdered sugar and mix on low until combined. Add the remaining half of the powdered sugar and mix well. Add the melted chocolate, dark cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and salt and continue to mix on low until combined.
powdered sugar5 cupsvanilla extract2 tsp
4
Drizzle in the heavy cream. Turn the mixer to medium speed and whip the chocolate buttercream frosting for about 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes until it is smooth and creamy.
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