Basic Chocolate Buttercream Icing

  4.6 – 40 reviews  • Chocolate

This sweet tea is a traditional Southern beverage ideal for sweltering summer days!

Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Ingredients

  1. ⅓ cup butter, at room temperature
  2. ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, divided
  3. ⅓ cup milk
  4. 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  5. 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners’ sugar, sifted

Instructions

  1. Beat butter and 1/4 cup cocoa powder together in a bowl with an electric mixer on low until light and fluffy. Gradually add milk, remaining 1/4 cup cocoa powder, and vanilla extract; beat until smooth. Add confectioners’ sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, until desired consistency is reached.
  2. Margarine can be substituted for butter if desired.
  3. For a more dark chocolaty taste, or to counteract the sometimes prevalent taste of confectioner’s sugar, add more cocoa powder.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 154 kcal
Carbohydrate 30 g
Cholesterol 11 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 1 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
Sodium 30 mg
Sugars 28 g
Fat 4 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Brenda Schroeder
I have been using this recipes from y’all since I started learning to be a chef… it’s so smooth and rich and pipes nicely… thank you !!!
Dylan Livingston
I love this recipe! My family loves the frosting and say it’s the best they’ve ever tasted! Goodbye to canned frosting for good!! ❤
Micheal Benton
Fabulous chocolate icing. The best.
Alexander Schaefer
Easy and tasted great
Jason Scott
super easy and delicious
Lucas Pierce
This was an okay buttercream. Simple enough but not specific enough. I would tweak the recipe next time.
Mr. Brent Rogers
Added 10 oz confectioners’ sugar and it was easy to spread, creamy, but not as tooth achingly sweet.
Ethan Peters
I love this icing. It turns out perfect every time. Extremely easy.
Keith Smith
We ended up using a lot less powered sugar and it was awesome. Misifn
Ashley Cox
Very easy, mighty quick and super delicious!
Stacy Conrad
Very good icing. I only used about 1/2 of the confectioner’s sugar. Good spreading consistency and not too sweet.
Scott Mitchell
This recipe is very easy and delicious. Not hardly enough to cover two layers though.
Jacob Brown
Tastes like grandmas
Sonya Martinez
It was delicious!!
Jason Beltran
This. Frosting. Is. The. BOMB!
Stuart Davis
no changes and yes will use again
Matthew Warren
Definitely need to double recipe but absolutely delicious! So light and fluffy!
James Hill
We used this frosting on top of a yellow cake and it was amazing! I would definitely recommend putting a little bit of salt to the frosting and letting it sit for a little bit before you frost a cake.
Kristin Gallagher
It was a hit! I’m making it again this week!
Tyler Romero
Lovely deep cocoa flavor! My teenage son decided to bake his 1st cake & made this to go on top. Super yummy! I had him add a teeny pinch of salt, which I think helps the overall flavor. We’ll make this on again!
Vanessa Hall
It was much more buttery than I’m used to, but it was pretty good – my mom liked it the most, though, haha. If I make it again in the future, I would use less butter, but that’s just my personal taste. Overall, a brilliant recipe!

 

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