Chocolate Buttercream Icing. Place butter in a bowl and beat until creamy. Add sugar and cocoa, mixing well. Stir in milk in portions, stirring each time.
Beat at medium speed until creamy.
Beat at low speed, gradually adding powdered sugar, cocoa and salt alternately with whipping cream, scraping bowl often, until well mixed.
In a mixer, add the butter and the vanilla.
You can cook Chocolate Buttercream Icing using 3 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Chocolate Buttercream Icing
- It's of Homemade buttercream icing (see my recipe).
- It's 1 cup of Chocolate chips.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Heavy whipping cream.
Cream together on low speed until they are completely combined. In a separate bowl, mix the Cocoa Powder and the Powdered Sugar until combined. Add the powdered sugar mixture one cup at a time and continue to beat on medium speed until the frosting is creamy. This is an American Buttercream, meaning that it consists primarily of butter, powdered sugar, flavorings, milk, and in this case, cocoa powder as well.
Chocolate Buttercream Icing instructions
- Add your chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and microwave for an additional 30 seconds if needed.
- Once your chocolate is nice and smooth, let it sit for about 20 minutes or until it has cooled down to room temperature.
- Mix your chocolate in with your vanilla buttercream icing using your electric mixer..
- That's it! Enjoy!.
It makes a great chocolate filling, frosting, and pipes great too! Add softened butter to the mixing bowl and mix on low to medium speed until smooth. Add vanilla and blend into the butter. How to Make Chocolate Buttercream Frosting To make this delicious frosting, first add cocoa to a large bowl or bowl of stand mixer. Whisk through the cocoa well to remove any lumps.