Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe

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When you’re baking a batch of chocolate cupcakes or a cake, there’s nothing like   homemade chocolate buttercream  to decorate your baked treats. With its silky texture    and   incredibly rich chocolate flavor , adding moist but thick  chocolate buttercream     as   a dessert topper   will take your baking to the next level.

This is a   simple and basic recipe   that every home baker should have in their pocket. Making   chocolate buttercream will only take a few minutes and you can store it in the refrigerator ahead of time and take it out when it’s time to decorate your desserts. You can even customize it depending on how you want to use it!

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Ingredients

To make the best chocolate spread at home, you will need butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, heavy whipping cream, and a pinch of salt.

The cocoa powder will give the buttercream its chocolate flavor while the whipped cream will give it a light, fluffy texture.

The salt balances the sweetness.

You can even use salted butter for the same purpose. However, whether you use salted butter or not, make sure it has softened at room temperature.

How to Make Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

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