Salted Chocolate Frosting

Name: Salted Chocolate Frosting
Yield: about 2.5-3 cups frosting
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened; 3.5 cups confectioner's sugar; 1/2 cup baker's cocoa powder; 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream (milk will work in a pinch); 2 tsp vanilla extract

Intense chocolatey buttercream frosting that pairs really well with vanilla cake!

READ THIS FIRST: This is my absolute favorite-and my most requested-chocolate frosting recipe. This definitely has an intense flavor because of the salted butter, but it is DELICIOUS. Because of it's intensity, I never use this on chocolate cake, something more mild is needed to pair with more chocolate. As written, this recipe produces a stiff frosting for frosting a cake or cupcakes, but would need a bit more sugar if you plan to do an detailed piping work.

Ingredients

- 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened
- 3.5 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 cup baker's cocoa powder
- 3 tbsp heavy whipping cream (milk will work in a pinch)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

Add butter, sugar, cocoa, whipping cream and vanilla extract to stand mixer and mix thoroughly, stopping at least twice to scrape the sides AND the bottom of the bowl.
Add either more sugar (to stiffen) or more whipping cream (to loosen) your frosting for desired consistency.