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This is the Best Chocolate American Buttercream recipe! It is silky smooth and deeply chocolately. It uses both cocoa powder and melted chocolate for an extra rich chocolate flavor!
Stop! The search is over. You have arrived at the best chocolate buttercream frosting recipe EVER.
Bold statements, but, you know me, and I can back up all those words with reason. First though, let me just tell you how this buttercream made me feel! (I am a millennial after all ?)
I took one taste and I legit swooned. You know I am practically married to my Italian Meringue Buttercream but I am having a full-on fling with this chocolate buttercream.
It is so rich, so creamy, so decadent tasting and SO EASY!!! The extra bit of melted chocolate tempers the sweetness, so say good-bye to cloyingly sweet American Buttercreams. You know how I feel about chocolate; I am here to make all your chocolate dreams come true.
Ok back it up, Lindsey. I need explanations for those bold statements.
I see you. I appreciate you.
What makes this The Best Chocolate American Buttercream Recipe?
- Make it Dutch: Dutch processed cocoa powder is deeper in color and more robust in flavor. It helps temper the sweetness of the confectioner’s sugar and gives you a rich chocolate flavor base.
- Double that Chocolate: I’ll take your rich chocolate base and add melted dark chocolate! This also deepens the flavor, makes the buttercream silkier, and reduces the overall sweetness.
- Accessorize: I use kosher salt and vanilla extract to enhance the chocolate flavor and really round out the flavor.
- Beat it: I like to combine all ingredients except the cream first and beat that until super silky smooth, then I use the whisk to whip in the heavy cream. This lightens the whole flavor and texture. Voilà, perfection!
The Best Chocolate American Buttercream
Ingredients
- 226 g Butter Softened
- 385 g confectioner's sugar sifted
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 30 g Dutch processed Cocoa Powder
- 113 g Dark Chocolate melted and cooled
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla
- 65 g Heavy cream
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat together butter, 10x, cocoa powder, salt, and until light and smooth.
- Add all the melted chocolate and beat in until slightly lightened.
- Switch to the whisk.
- Add cream and whisk on high until light and fluffy and white.
