Creamy Chocolate Frosting

by Diana Rattray

This easy chocolate frosting is an excellent choice when you need to frost a cake in a hurry. If you have some cocoa, butter, and powdered sugar, you can make this frosting. Use this frosting to spread on vanilla cupcakes, a chocolate cake, or these peanut butter cupcakes.

Creamy Chocolate Frosting

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This chocolate frosting is surprisingly easy to fix and wonderful on a cake or cupcake. It’s made with cocoa.

• Author: Diana
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 2
• Total Time: 12 minutes
• Yield: 12 servings 1x
• Category: Chocolate, Frosting, Cakes, Cupcakes

Ingredients

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• 5 tablespoons butter (softened)
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 cups powdered sugar
• 5 to 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Instructions

1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat.
2. Add the cocoa powder to the melted butter and stir until smooth.
3. Transfer the cocoa and butter mixture to a medium mixing bowl.
4. Sift 2 1/2 cups of the powdered sugar.
5. With an electric mixer on low speed, beat in about 1 1/4 cups of the powdered sugar along with 3 tablespoons of the milk. Beat in another 1 1/4 cups of powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons of milk. Add more milk or powdered sugar if needed for consistency.
6. The recipe makes enough to frost arectangular 1-layer or 2-layer cake.

Nutrition

• Serving Size:
• Calories: 155
• Sugar: 24.9 g
• Sodium: 4.8 mg
• Fat: 5.6 g
• Carbohydrates: 28.1 g
• Fiber: 1.4 g
• Protein: 1.1 g