I make more frosting (and desserts!) than I probably should. Luckily, I have friends, family, and coworkers more than willing to help me out with my baking experiments, and this recipe for Chocolatey Buttercream Frosting is definitely a favorite!
I love making fun frosting flavors, like cinnamon cream cheese, vegan peanut butter, key lime, and bourbon-orange cream cheese. But, my absolute favorite frosting is, and always will be chocolate.
So it’s about time I shared my ultimate chocolatey buttercream frosting!
The secret to this frosting is a hint of coffee to really enhance the chocolatey flavor. I use Nielsen Massey’s Pure Coffee Extract to bring out the best chocolate flavor.
Ingredients (makes enough for 12 cupcakes):
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 1 (16 oz box) confectioners sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/2 tablespoon coffee extract
- 1/4 cup milk, plus more as needed