Name: Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3/4 cup cocoa; 2-2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar; 6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature; 5 tablespoons milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

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Author: Steve Labinski
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Total Time: 30 Minutes
Yield: 6 1x
Category: Dessert
Method: Churning
Cuisine: American

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Description

Go and get your good electric hand mixer out for this frosting recipe.

Ingredients

3/4 cup cocoa
2-2/3 cup confectioners’ sugar
6 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
5 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

Combine cocoa and sugar in a bowl.
With an electric mixer, cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the cocoa/sugar mixture in a medium bowl. Add the remaining cocoa/sugar mixture alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency. Blend in vanilla.
Makes 2 cups.

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