Easy Chocolate Buttercream Icing

Name: Easy Chocolate Buttercream Icing
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British,American
Ingredients: 6 ounces (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 6 ounces confectioners' sugar (or icing sugar); 6 ounces dark chocolate (at least 55 percent cocoa solids); 2 tablespoons milk; 1 dash pure vanilla extract

A delightfully silky dark chocolate buttercream icing, made with real dark chocolate, is perfect for coating cakes and buns.

⭐ 4.1 (28 reviews) Prep: 5 minCook: 5 minTotal: 10 minYields: 8 servings

Category Tags:

Dessert

Cuisine Tags:

British American

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Instructions

Start simmering water in a pan for melting chocolate.
Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
Melt broken chocolate in a bowl over the simmering water, ensuring the bowl does not touch the water; stir once melted.
Add milk and vanilla extract to the creamed butter and sugar, mixing until smooth.
Beat in the melted chocolate until the cream is light, silky, and shiny.
Apply the buttercream immediately to cold cakes or buns.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Calories: 353 kcal

Carbohydrate: 34 g

Cholesterol: 48 mg

Fiber: 1 g

Protein: 1 g

Saturated Fat: 15 g

Sodium: 10 mg

Sugar: 31 g

Fat: 24 g

Unsaturated Fat: 0 g