Chocolate Buttercream Recipe

This is a delicious recipe for a chocolate buttercream icing. You can also use it to ice your cupcakes, cakes and as a yummy filling.

This tutorial  show you how to create this Chocolate Butter Cream Icing recipe step by step.

Chocolate Butter Cream Icing

https://youtu.be/IVU-zA-4H7U

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter (room temperature)
• 1 tbs vanilla
• 4 cups of icing sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup melted chocolate
• up to 1/4 cup water

Directions

1. Whip butter and vanilla on high speed for 3 min.
2. Add in 2 cups of icing sugar and 1/8 cup of water and whip for 3 min.
3. Add in the rest of icing sugar and whip for an additional 5 min until light and airy.
4. Add in cocoa powder and melted chocolate, whip for 3 minutes.
5. If icing is to thick add in the second 1/8 cup of water.

*The longer you whip the icing, the fluffier it will be.  For a thicker or thinner consistency adjust the water amount added.