Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 cups confectioners sugar
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 cup butter

  (softened, at room temperature)
• 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoon heavy cream
• salt

  (to taste)

Instructions

• 1 In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, whisk the confectioners'
  sugar and unsweetened cocoa together. Set aside.
• 2 In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter for 1 minute or until creamy. Add the
  vanilla extract and mix until smooth and creamy again.
• 3 Add the dry sugar mixture in 1 cup portions and mix it into the butter at medium
  speed. Drizzle heavy cream in as needed when the frosting becomes dry. Continue
  until all of the confectioners' sugar and cocoa have been incorporated, scraping
  the sides of the bowl as you go. Taste and adjust sweetness with a pinch of salt
  at a time.
• 4 Increase your hand mixer or stand mixer speed to high and finish beating the
  frosting until smooth and creamy, which should take about 1-2 minutes.

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